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Class Action Lawsuit Against Amazon and Publishers Misses the Mark

Juli Monroe — Thu, 21 Feb 2013 17:52:27 +0000

According to the Huffington Post, three independent bookstores are filing a class action suit against Amazon and the “Big Six” publishers. Alyson Decker of Blecher & Collins PC, lead counsel acting for the bookstores, described DRM as “a problem that affects many independent bookstores.” She said the complaint is still in the process of being served [...]

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Google appeals class action certification in Google Books case

Chris Meadows — Tue, 13 Nov 2012 03:49:29 +0000

The Google Books lawsuit proceeds apace. paidContent and CNet report that, in Google’s latest filing, the search giant is appealing the court’s decision to certify class action status for the Authors Guild. Google argues that the majority of writers actually approve of its scanning (58% according to a Google-commissioned survey), and that its scanning to [...]

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Judge stays price-fixing class-action suit against Hachette, HarperCollins

Chris Meadows — Thu, 03 May 2012 08:13:08 +0000

PaidContent reports that a judge has stayed an e-book price-fixing class-action case against publishers Hachette and HarperCollins on the grounds that the publishers are close to settling with state governments over the matter, and the states’ lawsuits trump the class action. Apart from Macmillan and Penguin, who are fighting the suit, Simon & Schuster wasn’t [...]

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The E-book Investigations: Are Publishers And Apple Breaking The Law?

Paul Biba — Thu, 08 Dec 2011 14:09:40 +0000

There is a good analysis of the current legal difficulties of publishers in paidContent. Much more in the article: It’s been a week to forget for publishers after both the Justice Department and the European Commission announced investigations into e-book pricing tactics. Meanwhile, dozens of law firms are steaming ahead with a class action to [...]

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Class action suit filed against Apple and publishers for price fixing under the agency model

Paul Biba — Tue, 09 Aug 2011 23:10:33 +0000

The following is the full press release issued by the law firm in this important lawsuit. As a former corporate lawyer who used to teach antitrust law to my fellow employees, I must say that I’m surprised that it took so long for someone to do this. On its face, the current arrangement seems to [...]

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