| Sumario: | The article reports that publishers are being warned to take a close look at their distribution agreements following a long-awaited judgement over the 2003 liquidation of Plymbridge Distributors Ltd. The case was brought in Bristol by U.S.-based medical publisher Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins Co., which was owed about £2.5m by Plymbridge. A lack of trust status would have meant that the publishers were unsecured creditors--and at the back of the queue when assets were distributed. Around 25 other creditors of Plymbridge contested the action, including How To Books, Class Publishing, Jones & Bartlett and Frank Cass.
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