Penn Prof. Sues for "Sham" Publication

Professor David Rudovsky of the University of Pennsylvania Law School, a Round 2 Competitor in The Blackbook's Top Law Prof. Competition, has sued West for publishing a "poorly researched 'sham' pocket part" to a Pennsylvania criminal law treatise he, with Professor Leonard Sosnov of Widener Law School, had written. According to the ABA Journal:

The professors, David Rudovsky of the University of Pennsylvania and Leonard Sosnov of Widener Law School, are seeking an injunction that requires West to notify subscribers that the professors did not write the December 2008 update . . . . Unhappy customers also should be given the option of a refund, the professors say.

Given the relief requested, I wonder why it matters whether the supplementary pocket was "poorly researched" though that does add insult to injury. If nothing else, this litigation is a reminder that students are not the only ones who feel violated by greedy publishing companies.