We are pleased to represent The Authors Guild, The Authors League Fund, The Australian Society of Authors, UNEQ, Authors' Licensing and Collecting Society, Sveriges försvarsminister, Norsk faglitterær forfatter-og oversetterforening, The Writers' Union of Canada, Trond Andreassen, Pat Cummings, Erik Grundström, Angelo Loukakis, Helge Rønning, Roxana Robinson, André Roy, Jack R. Salamanca, James Shapiro, Danielle Simpson, T.J. Stiles, and Fay Weldon, in their copyright infringement suit against HathiTrust and five U.S. universities. Below please find the pleadings and selected motion papers for this important litigation. For more information, contact Edward Rosenthal or Jeremy Goldman of the Frankfurt Kurnit Litigation Group. Pleadings Plaintiffs' Complaint (September 12, 2011) Plaintiffs’ First Amended Complaint (October 5, 2011) Defendants' Joint Answer and Defenses (December 2, 2011) Defendant Intervenors’ Joint Answer and Defenses (December 9, 2011) Defendants’ Motion for Judgment on the Pleadings (Seeking dismissal of Associational Plaintiffs and Plaintiffs’ claims relating to the Orphan Works Project) Defendants’ Brief in Support of Motion for Judgment on the Pleadings (December 30, 2011) Plaintiffs’ Memorandum of Law in Opposition to Defendants’ Motion for Judgment on the Pleadings (January 31, 2012) Defendants’ Reply Memorandum in Support of Defendants’ Motion for Judgment on the Pleadings (February 17, 2012) Plaintiffs’ Motion for Partial Judgment on the Pleadings (Seeking determination that Defendants’ Mass Digitization Program and Orphan Works Project are not permissible under the Copyright Act) Plaintiffs’ Memorandum of Law in Support of Motion for Partial Judgment on the Pleadings (February 28, 2012) Defendants’ Memorandum of Law in Opposition to Plaintiffs’ Motion for Partial Judgment on the Pleadings (April 20, 2012) Defendant Intervenors’ Opposition to Plaintiffs’ Motion for Partial Judgment on the Pleadings (April 20, 2012) Proposed Amici Curaie American Library Association et al.’s Brief in Opposition to Plaintiffs’ Motion for Partial Judgment on the Pleadings (April 20, 2012) Plaintiffs’ Reply Memorandum of Law in Further Support of Motion for Partial Judgment on the Pleadings (May 11, 2012)
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