Photo: Ryland West 'Illegal Conspiracy'?: EDNY Antitrust Class Action Challenges Publishers' 'Unpaid Peer Review Rule'
Academic journal publishers "essentially agreed to hold the careers of scholars hostage" and "force them to provide their valuable labor for free" in violation of the Sherman Act, according to the complaint, filed by Lieff Cabraser lawyers.
September 13, 2024 at 02:53 PM
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Antitrust
What You Need to Know
- Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein filed the antitrust class action on behalf of Dr. Lucina Uddin.
- The complaint accuses top academic journal publishers of forcing peer reviewers to work for free in violation of the Sherman Act.
- John Wiley & Sons Inc. said the allegations lack merit.
An antitrust class action filed in Brooklyn federal court accuses elite journal publishers of exploiting the volunteer work of peer reviewers through an anticompetitive scheme to "maximize their profits and maintain their market dominance" in violation of the Sherman Act.
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