The Second Circuit Court of Appeals reversed one part of Judge Harold Baer’s ruling from a year ago dismissing a class-action lawsuit brought by authors against Harlequin alleging that the publisher deprived them of ebook royalties. As a result, the suit will resume in its limited form, and is sent back to the District Court “for further proceedings.” The single claim that was restored (from the four claims initially made by the authors) by the Appeals Court is the contention that the licensing fees for ebook rights paid by Harlequin Enterprises to the party of record, Harlequin Switzerland, were not […]