Judge John G. Koetl convened a pre-trial conference in the high-profile Parneros v. Barnes & Noble case Tuesday afternoon, which he kicked off by asking counsel to describe the case. Parneros’ attorney Anne Clark of Vladeck, Raskin & Clark rehashed the details of the original complaint before raising the possibility of a motion to dismiss…
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Barnes & Noble Says Parneros “Made Shocking and Derogatory Comments” That Wrecked Company Sale
Barnes & Noble filed its response to former ceo Demos Parneros’s suit alleging breach of contract and defamation on Tuesday, denying Parneros’s allegations and countersuing “to recover…the substantial damages flowing from Parneros’s breach of his fiduciary duties,” claiming that he intentionally “sabotage[d]” a deal to sell the company. In the filing B&N admits there was…
Medallion Press Files for Liquidation
Earlier this month Medallion Press filed papers in a Northern Illinois Bankruptcy Court for a voluntary Chapter 7 bankruptcy liquidation. The filing says “the company is presently experiencing financial difficulties due, in part, to the difficulties facing the publishing industry.” The publisher’s principal asset is $254,000 in inventory in the warehouse of their distributor Ingram…
Parneros v. B&N Expects October 2019 Trial
Barnes & Noble filed a letter with District Court Judge John Koeltl on October 24 regarding the defamation and breach of contract suit filed by former ceo Demos Parneros, outlining a schedule that kicks off initial discovery on November 29, 2018. They intend to finish regular discovery on June 14, 2019, “because the parties anticipate…
Appeals Court Once Again Supports Publishers Over Georgia State In Copyright Infringement Case
There is yet another twist in the long-running copyright infringement against Georgia State University by Cambridge University Press, Oxford University Press, and SAGE Publications (in which actual costs were shared by the Copyright Clearance Center and the AAP). First brought in 2008, and first ruled on in 2012, on Friday the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals…
People, Etc.: Moldow to Retire
Susan Moldow, president of Scribner Publishing Group and publisher of Touchstone, is retiring at the end of the year. She has been with Simon & Schuster since 1994, shortly after the Macmillan acquisition. CEO Carolyn Reidy notes, “Her first order of business was to rationalize and reorganize a collection of three disparate adult imprints-Charles Scribner’s…