I previously blogged (links below) the lawsuit by David Rudovsky (Penn) and Leonard N. Sosnov (Widener) against West, claiming that they were falsely identified as the authors of a poorly researched “sham” supplement to their treatise, Pennsylvania Practice: Criminal Procedure Law, Commentary and Forms. The authors stopped working on the treatise when West cut their annual pay from $5,000 to $2,500 each.
A federal district court jury in Philadelphia has awarded $2.5 million in punitive damages and $90,000 in compensatory damages each to Professors Rudovsky and Sosonov. West says it plans to appeal.
Prior TaxProf Blog coverage:
- Two Law Profs Sue West for Putting Their Names on a “Sham” Supplement to Their Treatise (April 16, 2009)
- Judge Denies Law Profs’ Injunction Against West, But Signals They May Succeed on Merits of Claim That West Put Their Names on “Sham” Supplement (April 27, 2009)
- District Court Denies West’s Motion to Dismiss Lawsuit by Two Law Prof Authors (June 10, 2009)
- Trial Begins in Law Prof Authors’ Suit v. West (Dec. 15, 2010)
