Complete documents for the proposed settlement between the states and Hachette, Harper and Simon & Schuster still have not appeared in the US Federal Court’s electronic docket, but the Connecticut Attorney General’s office provided us with some of the key filings. The total amount to be paid out by the publishers is actually $78.9 million. (In addition to the $69 million in consumer compensation, they are paying the states $7.625 million in legal fees–presumably split equally among the three since it isn’t specified–but also another $2.25 million not previously announced for “costs associated with administering the settlements.” The consumer compensation […]
