A U.S.-based publishing company has announced it has ‘discontinued’ its court case against McMaster librarian Dale Askey. (Adam Carter/CBC)A U.S.-based publishing company says it is dropping at least one of its lawsuits against a McMaster librarian after scholars across North America came to his defense.
Edwin Mellen Press (EMP) had filed two lawsuits against Dale Askey and McMaster University, claiming a total of $4.5 million in damages. Read more..
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Stephanie L. Gross, MSLIS 
Hi there, thanks for the link back to my post at thezeds.com. I just want to clarify, though, that I was re-blogging a post from CAPAL, the Canadian Association of Professional Academic Librarians. The original post is here: http://capalibrarians.org/2013/02/07/unprecedented-3-million-dollar-lawsuit-filed-against-mcmaster-librarian-for-blogpost/
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