Law Professors Sue Publisher Over ‘Sham’ Book Supplement

by E Wayne Ross on April 16, 2009

The Chronicle News Blog: Law Professors Sue Publisher Over ‘Sham’ Book Supplement

Two law professors are suing West Publishing in federal district court for putting their names on a book supplement they did not write, arguing that it is a “sham” that could damage their reputations.

For nearly 20 years, David Rudovsky, a senior fellow at the University of Pennsylvania Law School, and Leonard Sosnov, a professor of law at Widener Law School, have compiled an annual supplement to their 1988 book, Pennsylvania Criminal Procedure: Law, Commentary and Forms.