RIAA Has to Disclose Attorneys Fees In Foster Case

NewYorkCountryLawyer writes "The RIAA has been ordered to turn over its attorneys' billing records by March 26, 2007, in Capitol v. Foster in Oklahoma. The 4- page decision and order, issued in connection with the determination of the reasonableness of Ms. Foster's attorneys fees, requires the RIAA to produce the attorneys' time sheets, billing statements, billing records, and costs and expense records. The Court reviewed authorities holding that an opponent's attorneys fees are a relevant factor in determining the reasonableness of attorneys fees, quoting a United States Supreme Court case which held that 'a party cannot litigate tenaciously and then be heard to complain about the time necessarily spent by his opponent in response' (footnote 11 to City of Riverside v. Rivera)."

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so my question

[User 956]

The RIAA has been ordered to turn over its attorneys' billing records

So my first question is, do they get a volume discount?

Re:so my question

[TheGratefulNet]

So my first question is, do they get a volume discount?

yup.

it goes up to eleven.

Re:So?

[Seumas]

Little guys shouldn't be allowed to defend themselves. If you can't afford to win, you don't deserve to win!

Re:This is judicial craziness

[vimh42]

"You can't make the lawyer fees the topic and then refuse to talk about the lawyer fees."

The first rule of lawyer fees is you don't talk about lawyer fees.

Re:So?

[inviolet]

Witty. Yet you forget that this is slashdot... you should've used a car analogy instead of a sports analogy. Woulda got more +1 insightfuls that way. :)

Re:So?

[Viceroy Potatohead]

Even your analogy misses the point. You can't fumble the throw. This is /. Most people can't fumble a throw, but we can. To paraphrase Sartre: "Sports is other people."

Re:PURjury?

[StikyPad]

No, that's furjury. Not to be confused with furgery, which is an illegal copycat.