News tagged with class action settlement

Google, publishers near settlement in books case

Google and publishers told a US judge Thursday they are close to settling a lawsuit over the Internet giant's controversial book-scanning project.

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created Sep 15, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Financially Wronged? New Study Says Investors Should Go After Leadership Instead of Corporation Itself

(PhysOrg.com) -- A new study by UC Assistant Professor of Law Lynn Bai and two colleagues quantifies the self-defeating aspects for shareholders who file class-action suits against corporations where they have holdings. As ...

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created Apr 26, 2010 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Photographers sue over Google book-scanning project

US photographers and illustrators sued Google for copyright infringement on Wednesday demanding compensation for images that appear in books being digitally scanned by the Internet giant.

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created Apr 07, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Google books hearing set for February 18

A US judge set February 18 for a hearing on the revised legal settlement between Google and US authors and publishers that would allow the Internet giant to scan and sell millions of books online.

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created Nov 20, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Google willing to share digital books with rivals

(AP) -- Google will let other online companies sell its digital copies of out-of-print books if a class-action settlement with U.S. authors and publishers wins court approval.

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created Sep 10, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1