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Literary Works
This is a settlement for the Trademark, Copyright, Patent lawsuit.
A class action lawsuit was filed against the company claiming commercial electronic databases and certain print publishers infringed the copyrights of freelance authors. Print publishers first published the works with the authors' permission, but then allegedly sold them to electronic databases which reproduced, displayed, sold and distributed the authors' works without their permission. Settlement restrictions apply, see details. (Jun-06-05)
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LEGAL ARTICLES AND INTERVIEWS
Red Hot 'Red Hat' Attorney
December 2, 2009
Business litigation lawyer Jeffrey Horst had his work cut out for him when Georgia socialite Vicki Stewart walked into his office with a bone to pick. A book written by a friend of hers had recently rocketed onto the New York Times bestseller list and Stewart wanted to sue the author and the publisher for libel. "It was the first time I had ever taken anything like this on," says Jeffrey Horst. "Initially I thought, 'well, this is going to be a tough case.' We knew they had deep pockets on the other side and St. Martin's Press was going to go to matt over this." READ MORE
