The temporary hold, which is not based on the merits of the case, puts Judge Alan D. Albright's preliminary injunction on ice while the Fifth Circuit considers the state's bid to stay the injunction. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2023-09-26 04:00:00 UTC ]
Judge Alan D. Albright said that he will grant a motion for a preliminary injunction to block Texas's controversial book ban law, which was due to take effect on September 1. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2023-08-31 00:00:00 UTC ]
Educational publishers Macmillan Learning, Cengage Group, Elsevier, McGraw Hill and Pearson have obtained a preliminary injunction against 60 websites that sell illegal, unlicensed copies of e-books. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2021-09-28 14:17:26 UTC ]
A federal judge in Washington has issued a preliminary injunction against a major e-book piracy operation known as the KISS Library, after the operators of the site failed to show up at a hearing or to file any response to a lawsuit filed in July by the Authors Guild, Amazon Publishing, Penguin... Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2020-09-01 04:00:00 UTC ]
California lawmakers are reconsidering a controversial provision to a newly implemented state law which limits freelance journalists to 35 articles per-year in the same publication before they must be considered full- or part-time employees, Assemblywoman Lorena Gonzalez announced earlier this... Continue reading >> [ Source: Folio Magazine | 2020-02-18 17:45:45 UTC ]
At a hearing on Wednesday, judge Valerie Caproni kept Audible lawyers on their heels, but it isn't clear if a preliminary injunction is in the offing. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2019-09-26 04:00:00 UTC ]
In a decision handed down late last week, Judge Alvin Hellerstein of the Southern District of New York denied a motion by an author requesting that a preliminary injunction be issued to prevent publication a number of books that include the word “cocky” in the title. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2018-06-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
In issuing a preliminary injunction, judge Brian Jackson ruled that the law “creates a chilling effect on free speech.” Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2016-05-01 00:00:00 UTC ]