Case Document 1 Filed 08/23/19 Page 1 of 28

JUDGE CAPHONI

Dale M. Cendali

Joshua L. Simmons

Jordan M. Romanoff
KIRKLAND ELLIS LLP
601 Lexington Avenue

New York, New York 10022
Telephone: (212) 446-4800
Facsimile: (212) 446-4900
dale.cendali@kirkland.com
joshua.simmons@kirkland.com
jordan.romanoff@kirkland.com

A ttorneys for Plainti?fs

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK

 

CHRONICLE BOOKS, HACHETTE BOOK
GROUP, INC HARPERCOLLINS PUBLISHERS
MACMILLAN PUBLISHING GROUP, 
PENGUIN RANDOM HOUSE 
SCHOLASTIC AND SIMON SCHUSTER,
INC.

Plaintiffs,
- against -
AUDIBLE, INC.

Defendant.

 

 

19 CV ?9l3

Case No.

ECF Case

COMPLAINT

Plaintiffs Chronicle Books, LLC (?Chronicle?), Hachette Book Group, Inc. (?Hachette?),

HarperCollins Publishers LLC (?HarperCollins?), Macmillan Publishing Group, LLC.

(?Macmillan?), Penguin Random House LLC Scholastic Inc. (?Scholastic?), and

Simon Schuster, Inc. (collectively, ?Publishers? or ?Plaintiffs?); by and through their

attorneys, Kirkland Ellis LLP, for their Complaint, hereby allege against Defendant Audible,

Inc. (?Audible?) as follows.

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