Mark Gottlieb at Trident Media Group resigned his membership in the AAR (Association of Authors’ Representatives) earlier this month, after a report from the organization’s ethics committee was sent to Gottlieb and the organization’s board. His resignation was announced to AAR members in an email from president Gail Hochman, who distributed the committee report on behalf of the board “because we believe [the membership] should be apprised of developments such as these and of our interpretation of this provision of our Canon [of Ethics].” Given Gottlieb’s resignation, Hochman wrote, “the AAR will no longer directly have the ability to discipline […]