District Court Rejects Proposed Settlement of Class Action Against Google Book Search

The terms of a proposed $125 million settlement of class action claims brought by groups of authors and publishers against Google Inc. were not “fair, adequate, and reasonable” with respect to the rights of members of the relevant class not represented by the parties, the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York ruled March 22…

Proposed Google Book Settlement Violates International Standards, Could Lead to Trade Sanctions, Analysis Says

The proposed Google Book Search settlement would violate copyright provisions in the Berne Convention and principles of nondiscrimination in the World Trade Organization’s Agreement on…

Visual Artists Groups File Class Action Against Google for Digitizing Books

A group of visual artists associations and interest groups filed a class-action lawsuit against Google Inc. April 7 that is similar to an action filed by the Authors Guild and…

Justice Department’s Antitrust Division Calls for Putting Brakes on Proposed Google Book Search Settlement

Certain provisions of a proposed settlement of a dispute between Google Inc. and associations of authors and publishers “exceed the proper bounds of a class action settlement,” according to…