Lucas LLP is a law practice dedicated to helping creative people and companies develop and manage their business and legal relationships.

We advise a varied group of clients on a range of issues and offer exceptional experience in matters of:

› publishing law and related business issues;
› literary representation;
› rights management and licensing;
› copyright registration, research, and management;
› art law; and
› business formation and development.

We welcome inquiries regarding our legal services and literary representation, and encourage you to review the information on this website for an overview of our practice.

The Google Book Settlement is not yet settled. Opposition to the settlement has been vocal and growing, and today's New York Times notes that the parties have requested an extension to Friday, 13 November, to submit a revised settlement for the court's review. [9 November 2009]

In the wake of growing objections and concerns, judicial review of the Google Book settlement has been delayed to give the parties an opportunity to revise the settlement terms to address concerns from the U.S. Department of Justice, numerous private parties, and foreign governments.

For information about the latest turn of events in what has been a much-delayed conclusion to the dispute between associations of authors and publishers and Google, Inc. over Google's program to digitize books, the New York Times published a short summary, available online. [25 September 2009]