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44 Chi. L. Libr. Bull. 1 (February 1971)

handle is hein.journals/callbu44 and id is 1 raw text is: CHICAGO LAW LIBRARY BULLETIN CHICAGO ASSOCIATION OF LAW LIBRARIES No. 44 February, 1971 NEW COMMITTEE TO INVESTIGATE LAW BOOK PUBLISHING PRACTICES A new ABA committee has been created to investigate 'undesirable' law book mar- keting practices and improve other aspects of law book publishing. Formation of the Special Committee on Law Book Publishing Practices was announced by ABA President Edward L. Wright. The committee will look into a number of ques- tionable techniques currently being used by some law publishers. Among the practices most commonly criticized are: falsely advertising old books as new; reselling old books disguised as new ones, with changed titles and fresh bindings; including the same book in different sets; failing to issue needed sup- plements, or overpricing them; using unnecessarily expensive bindings on books which are soon out-of-date; and failing to advertise prices of the more costly works. The Association's Board of Governors approved a resolution calling for the creation of the special committee with two objectives: '(1) To resolve questions which have arisen or may arise concerning practices in the publication, promotion and marketing of law books and services and to cooperate with publishers in the resolution of such questions; 1(2) To provide for protection of the bar and the public from any undesirable or improper practices in the publication, promotion or marketing of law books and services, and for cooperation by the Association with appropriate federal and state regulatory and law enforcement agencies with respect thereto.' The Committee also will study ways to improve the overall quality of law book publishing,and related services. Aspects under consideration include making law research materials more readily available and providing earlier reviews of new publications. Chairman of the Committee is Cullen Smith of Waco, Texas. He is chairman of the American Bar Foundation's Library Services Committee, a council member of the General Practice Section and vice-chairman of two Section committees. Mr. Smith is a member of the ABA Special Committee on Complex and Multi-District Litigation, and former chairman of the Standing Committee on Economics of Law Practice. Other committee members are: Willard H. Pedrick, dean of the Arizona State University College of Law, Tempe, Ariz., and formerly a professor of law at Northwestern University. James A. Reeder, attorney, of Shreveport, La., a former director of the Young Lawyers Section and past chairman of various Section committees. Richard Sloane of New York City, law office librarian and chairman of the Business Law Libraries Committee of the ABA Section of Corporation, Banking and Business

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