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As market plunges, law firms comfort nervous associates
What's a law firm to do about nervous partners and associates who are waiting for the other shoe to drop? A number of firms are reassuring attorneys amid the current financial upheaval by calling meetings to inform associates that their jobs aren't on the line.On the stand, defendant in Boston music downloading case admits liability
Near the end of three hours of testimony ranging from matter-of-fact to jocular to nostalgic about his youthful enjoyment of music, defendant Joel Tenenbaum admitted liability for downloading and distributing the 30 copyrighted songs at issue in a federal copyright infringement trial in Boston. The admission prompted the lawyers representing the music industry to ask U.S. District Judge Nancy Gertner to issue a directed verdict in favor of the plaintiffs.Firm-by-firm sampling of billing rates nationwide
The National Law Journal asked the respondents to its 2004 survey of the nation's 250 largest law firms to provide hourly billing rate information for partners and associates firmwide and in their principal offices.Music Downloading Battle Plays On
Last Monday, U.S. District Judge Janet Bond Arterton conducted a speakerphone status conference from her New Haven courtroom with Richard Gabriel, the top lawyer for the Recording Industry Association of America.Judge Reduces Damages Award by 90 Percent in Boston Music Downloading Trial
Judge Nancy Gertner of the District of Massachusetts has cut the damages verdict against copyright infringer Joel Tenenbaum for illegally downloading and distributing songs by 90 percent, to $67,500. The judge slashed the jury's award from $22,500 for each of 30 songs Tenenbaum was found to have willfully infringed, to $2,250 per song. Gertner called the jury's award "wholly out of proportion with the government's legitimate interests in compensating the plaintiffs and deterring unlawful file-sharing."Trending Stories
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