Attorneys for Roger Stone filed a number of documents Monday night, as required by Judge Amy Berman Jackson, who may decide later this week whether Stone’s inflammatory new introduction to his book from Skyhorse violates her gag order. They are having a tough time explaining why that introduction was not mentioned in earlier filings with the court or during the February 21 hearing that led to the new gag order. The attorneys continue to insist it just didn’t occur to them (“even if it had crossed counsel’s mind to raise the new introduction (and it did not)…,” even as they […]
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At Avalon Travel, Nikki Ioakimedes is promoted to acquisitions manager for Moon Travel Guides; Kristi Mitsuda becomes editor; Lisi Baldwin moves up to digital production manager; and Ravina Schneider is promoted to production designer. Susan Fissell has joined the Simon & Schuster special markets team as national accounts sales manager. She was previously director of special markets at Hachette Book Group. Former payroll clerk at New Jersey wholesaler Bookazine John M. Cribbin was arrested in February and charged with stealing $34,000 of vacation pay due to other employees over a two-year period, allegedly deposited to his own account with forged […]
Roger Stone Isn’t Jailed Yet, But Judge Wants to Know A Lot More About His Book Release
Judge Amy Berman Jackson saw right through the arguments from Roger Stone’s attorneys that his inflammatory new introduction to The Myth of Russian Collusion: The Inside Story of How Donald Trump REALLY Won from Skyhorse — published February 19 — should be proclaimed as not in violation of her broad gag order on the defendant. While his attorneys had said in a recent filing it “did not occur to counsel” that their February 8 filing or February 21 pleading should have mentioned the essay — which by their own affidavit he delivered way back on January 14. Rather, as Judge […]
Judge Wonders If Undisclosed New Introduction to Roger Stone’s Skyhorse Paperback Violates Gag Order
Roger Stone might be the first American in a long time to face the possibility of jail for writing in a book. On February 21 when Stone went before Federal Judge Amy Berman Jackson to apologize for a threatening post about her on social media, she had placed a blanket gag order on Stone going forward. “The prohibition includes, but is not limited to, statements made about the case through the following means: radio broadcasts; interviews on television, on the radio, with print reporters, or on internet based media; press releases or press conferences; blogs or letters to the editor; […]
Judge Calls Stephen Elliott’s Lawsuit “Deficient”
Only one one Stephen Elliott’s three claims against S***ty Media Men list creator Moira Donegan, that of defamation, survived Friday afternoon’s pre-conference on the motion to dismiss. Judge Lashann Dearcy Hall quickly mowed through Elliott’s other claims of negligence and intentional infliction of emotional distress, with the plaintiff’s counsel agreeing to withdraw those. Team Donegan came to play, with lead attorney Roberta Kaplan arguing in the Eastern District courthouse in Brooklyn, and Donegan watching from the first row. Elliott did not attend, and as it transpired, his lead attorney, Andrew Miltenberg, was out of town. Even the defamation claim, which […]
FTC to Actually Do Its Job and Monitor Competition In Big Tech
Remember when the US enforced antitrust laws against large companies dominating particular markets (rather than turning antitrust on its head to punish smaller companies trying to preserve a competitive market in the face of predatory pricing from a giant vertical monopolist)? Well be still your jaded but still beating publishing hearts: On Tuesday, the Federal Trade Commission’s Bureau of Competition created a task force “dedicated to monitoring competition in US technology markets, investigating any potential anticompetitive conduct in those markets, and taking enforcement actions when warranted.” That Technology Task Force includes approximately 17 attorneys. FTC Chairman Joe Simons said in […]