In an August 6 phone conference, attorneys for Barnes & Noble and BN’s former ceo Demos Parneros presented final arguments on the bookseller’s motion for summary judgment dismissing two of the three claims against them before Judge Mary Kay Vyskocil, who replaced John G. Koeltl for unstated reasons in February. The motion, which aims to throw out Parneros’ claims that BN defamed him and failed to act in good faith and fair dealing when they terminated him in July 2018, had been fully briefed when the case was reassigned, and then was delayed by the pandemic. The hour-long conference, conducted […]
