RIAA Directed To Pay $68K In Attorneys Fees

Posted by kdawson on Monday July 16, 2007 @03:56PM from the not-with-impunity dept.

NewYorkCountryLawyer writes "In Capitol v. Foster, in Oklahoma, the RIAA has been directed to pay the defendant $68,685.23 in attorneys fees. This is the first instance of which I am aware of the RIAA being ordered to pay the defendant attorneys fees. The judge in this case has criticized the RIAA's lawyers' motives as 'questionable,' and their legal theories as 'marginal' (PDF). Although the judge had previously ordered the RIAA to turn over its own attorneys billing records, today's decision (PDF) made no mention of the amount that the RIAA had spent on its own lawyers."

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Not as much as she was asking for by PavementPizza · 2007-07-16 16:25 · Score: 0, Redundant

Per the Judge's opinion, she was apparently asking for about $114,000.

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May I be the first to say.. by qualidafial · 2007-07-16 17:04 · Score: 0, Redundant

$68K ought to be enough for anybody.