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Macmillan US settles consumer class action

Publication Date: Mon, 11/02/2013 - 08:30

Macmillan US has settled the consumer class action case over alleged e-book price-fixing, having also become the final publisher to settle with the US Department of Justice on Friday [8th February].

The class action case, led by law firm Hagens Berman,...

Bookseller News Team | consumer class action | Department of Justice | digital | Hagens Berman | Home | legal | Macmillan US
New legislation 'prohibitive', say publishers

Publication Date: Mon, 06/02/2012 - 07:55

Children's publishers are preparing for changes to legislation that will introduce a raft of new testing requirements for children's books and novelty products. A revision of the standard, EN71 Part Three, will more than double the number of chemicals publishers need to test for next summer—up from eight to 19.

Debbie...

Caroline Horn | children's | compliance | Egmont | Kristina Crosser | legal | legislation | publishers
La Martinière and Google sign agreement

Publication Date: Fri, 26/08/2011 - 09:50

French publisher La Martinière has dropped its legal action against Google and signed an agreement with it to scan specified out-of-print French language titles.

The publisher was locked in a five-year long legal battle against Google for having digitised copyrighted books without permission. The pact is similar to the...

Barbara Casassus | French | Google | Home | International | La Martiniere | legal
Amazon, Apple under investigation for e-book pricing

Publication Date: Tue, 03/08/2010 - 08:34

Amazon.com and Apple are under investigation by a US attorney general for using most favoured nation clauses in their agreements with publishers to sell e-books.

The office of Connecticut attorney general Richard Blumenthal revealed late yesterday he was looking into agreements about the sale of e-books that "may block competitors...

amazon | Apple | Catherine Neilan | digital | e-books | Hachette | HarperCollins | Home | legal | Macmillan | Penguin | Simon & Schuster
Scribd lawsuit dropped

Publication Date: Tue, 20/07/2010 - 07:18

The US lawsuit against document-sharing website Scribd, which claimed its copyright filtering technology is itself a form of copyright infringement, has been abandoned, Wired reports.

The suit argued the copying and insertion of a...

Catherine Neilan | Copyright | digital | legal | Scribd | Todays Picks | US
British writer freed by Singapore authorities

Publication Date: Tue, 20/07/2010 - 06:40

The 75-year-old British writer arrested in Singapore after he visited it to promote his book about its death penalty has been released.

The Guardian reports journalist Alan Shadrake faced defamation and contempt of court...

Catherine Neilan | International | legal | Todays Picks
Davidar dispute resolved behind closed doors

Publication Date: Wed, 07/07/2010 - 10:15

All three parties in the sexual harassment case that has dogged Penguin Canada for the last few weeks have settled their disputes and pledged to remain silent, the Globe and Mail reports.
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Catherine Neilan | David Davidar | International | legal | Penguin Canada | Todays Picks
Amazon granted dual display patent for e-readers

Publication Date: Wed, 07/07/2010 - 08:33

The US Patents and Tradesmark Office has granted Amazon a patent on e-readers with secondary LCD displays, and "several" parts of the description are broad enough to include devices such as Barnes & Noble's Nook,...

amazon | Barnes & Noble | Catherine Neilan | digital | e-readers | Home | Kindle | legal | nook
Blake stands firm over Frost memoir

Publication Date: Mon, 05/07/2010 - 06:00

John Blake has said it is committed to publishing the memoirs of actress and designer Sadie Frost, despite the book being faced with an injunction by Frost's ex-husband Jude Law.

Crazy Days, which Frost has been writing herself, is due out this autumn. But according to an article in today's Daily Mail,...

Catherine Neilan | celebrity | John Blake | legal | Todays Picks
Relationship 'consensual', claims Davidar

Publication Date: Mon, 21/06/2010 - 08:17

The former chief executive of Penguin Canada has issued a statement defending himself from accusations of sexual harassment, claiming his relationship with former employee Lisa Rundle was a "consensual, flirtatious relationship that grew out of a close friendship".

David Davidar has released the statement in response to a...

Canada | Catherine Neilan and Benedicte Page | legal | Penguin | Todays Picks