Legal Opinion
Keiler v. Harlequin Enterprises Ltd.
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided May 1, 2014No. 13-1753-cvPublishedCited by 161 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BARRINGTON D. PARKER, Circuit Judge:
Plaintiffs-Appellants Barbara Keiler, Mona Gay Thomas, and Linda Barrett are authors of romance novels who bring putative class action claims against publishing house Defendants-Appellees 28 Harlequin Enterprises Limited (“Harlequin Enterprises”) and its subsidiaries Harlequin En*66terprises B.V. (“HEBV”) and Harlequin Books S.A. (“HBSA,” and together with HEBV, “Harlequin Switzerland”). Plaintiffs contend that the Harlequin entities breached agreements with them and other authors (the “Publishing Agreements”) by paying them artificially low royalties on the…
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