Tuesday, June 23, 2009

Clock Ticking on Google Settlement

The opt-out deadline and the hearing date for the proposed Google settlement were delayed by 4 months at the request of a group of authors led by the estate of John Steinbeck. The date for authors and publishers to opt out of the settlement is now September 4, 2009 and the court hearing is set for October 7, 2009. In addition, the Department of Justice antitrust inquiry into the proposed settlement, which was begun in May in response to the requests of groups such as Consumer Watchdog, appears to be ramping up.