Dubious Judge Sets Da Vinci Appeal Parameters The appeal of the case against Random House UK over the DA VINCI CODE brought by Michael Baigent and Richard Leigh will have three days of hearings, determined at a preliminary hearing this week. Those proceedings have not been scheduled yet, but are likely for January, the BBC reports. BBC Private Equity Eyes Penguin, and Others? Reuters runs a splashy story about private equity firms — including UK-based Cinven, Candover and Permira — considering bids for a trade publisher. The focus of this UK-generated story is a possible, potential, theoretical, rumored offer to […]