The Federal Court for the Southern District of New York has referred the new lawsuit by the Authors Guild and others against HathiTrust and associated universities to Judge Denny Chin “as possibly related” to the larger, long-running Google Books lawsuits. Which should put Judge Chin in an even testier mood at tomorrow’s hearing, when the parties address his deadline to get serious about a new settlement or prepare to litigate. In yesterday’s account, we erred in our inference regarding the new suit’s naming regents and trustees for the state universities; these are the normal corporate entities responsible for those institutions’ […]
