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Federal antitrust lawsuit against six commercial publishers of academic journals (www.lieffcabraser.com)

submitted 18 hours ago by pglpm@lemmy.ca to c/science@lemmy.ml

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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ca/post/29254007

https://www.lieffcabraser.com/antitrust/academic-journals/

"On September 12, 2024, Lieff Cabraser and co-counsel at Justice Catalyst Law filed a federal antitrust lawsuit against six commercial publishers of academic journals, including Elsevier, Springer Nature, Taylor and Francis, Sage, Wiley, and Wolters Kluwer, on behalf of a proposed class of scientists and scholars who provided manuscripts or peer review, alleging that these publishers conspired to unlawfully appropriate billions of dollars that would otherwise have funded scientific research."

Federal antitrust lawsuit against six commercial publishers of academic journals (www.lieffcabraser.com)

submitted 18 hours ago* (last edited 6 hours ago) by pglpm@lemmy.ca to c/science@beehaw.org

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https://www.lieffcabraser.com/antitrust/academic-journals/

https://www.forbes.com/sites/michaeltnietzel/2024/09/16/scientists-file-antitrust-lawsuit-against-six-journal-publishers/

https://www.reuters.com/legal/litigation/academic-publishers-face-class-action-over-peer-review-pay-other-restrictions-2024-09-13/

"On September 12, 2024, Lieff Cabraser and co-counsel at Justice Catalyst Law filed a federal antitrust lawsuit against six commercial publishers of academic journals, including Elsevier, Springer Nature, Taylor and Francis, Sage, Wiley, and Wolters Kluwer, on behalf of a proposed class of scientists and scholars who provided manuscripts or peer review, alleging that these publishers conspired to unlawfully appropriate billions of dollars that would otherwise have funded scientific research."

"Deutsche Bank aptly describes the Scheme as a “bizarre” “triple pay system” whereby “the state funds most of the research, pays the salaries of most of those checking the quality of the research, and then buys most of the published product.”"

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antitrust lawsuit filed against Elsevier, Springer Nature, Taylor and Francis, Sage, Wiley, and Wolters Kluwer, for conspiring to appropriate billions that should have funded scientific research (www.lieffcabraser.com)

submitted 3 days ago by cypherpunks@lemmy.ml to c/worldnews@lemmy.ml

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Academic Journal Publishers Antitrust Litigation (www.lieffcabraser.com)

submitted 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) by fossilesque@mander.xyz to c/academia@mander.xyz

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