As detailed in the complaint, the defendants’ alleged scheme has three main components. First, an agreement to fix the price of peer review services at zero that includes an agreement to coerce scholars into providing their labor for nothing by expressly linking their unpaid labor with their ability to get their manuscripts published in the defendants’ preeminent journals.
Second, the publisher defendants agreed not to compete with each other for manuscripts by requiring scholars to submit their manuscripts to only one journal at a time, which substantially reduces competition by removing incentives to review manuscripts promptly and publish meritorious research quickly.
Third, the publisher defendants agreed to prohibit scholars from freely sharing the scientific advancements described in submitted manuscripts while those manuscripts are under peer review, a process that often takes over a year. As the complaint notes, “From the moment scholars submit manuscripts for publication, the Publisher Defendants behave as though the scientific advancements set forth in the manuscripts are their property, to be shared only if the Publisher Defendant grants permission. Moreover, when the Publisher
Fuck me, I never thought I would live to see the day. And all of it so much on point. Please be successful.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lieff_Cabraser
Elizabeth Cabraser is a prominent gay leader, and the firm has been active on gay rights issues, most prominently 2008 California Proposition 8. The firm has also been involved in antitrust litigation against several Silicon Valley firms and has supported donor disclosure laws.
There’s hope! These guys are good.
Straight to the PDF: https://www.lieffcabraser.com/pdf/AcademicPublicationsComplaintFinal.pdf
Fuck Elsevier. Standing in the way of human progress.
Your body? You mean body of knowledge?
I don’t care what they need, they can take it all as long as they win this. I am willing to sacrifice OP’s body
Great but what about your abstract
Did they style their firm’s logo after those “look I’m a fan of a thing” t-shirts
Needs a few more ampersands and it’s exactly that