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Charles Nesson Ruled Jointly Liable To Pay RIAA

Posted by timothy on from the that-limb-looks-awfully-thin-professor dept.

eldavojohn writes "The highly anticipated Joel Tenenbaum trial ended in a disaster for Tenenbaum. But worse for his highly publicized lawyer, Charles Nesson, they are both liable for payment of the court's decision to the RIAA. Nesson's pro bono agreement with Tenenbaum may turn out to be a seriously expensive experiment for the Harvard Law Professor." As the Ars story points out, though, it's "some fees incurred by the RIAA during the trial" for which he'd be liable, not the whole judgment amount.

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  1. Nothing new by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    Those who can, do.
    Those who can't, teach.
    Those who can't teach, teach gym.

  2. I know what it is! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    ...a pro bono lawyer they come with an agenda.

    He's trying to HELP the RIAA; that way kids will stop downloading that BOOM BOOM music with all those FILTHY lyrics and he'll finally get SOME SLEEP!

    NOW GET OFF HIS LAWN!

  3. Re:As usual... poor summary. by nedlohs · · Score: 5, Funny

    It'll succeed of Nesson decides to defend himself.