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Judge Admits Error in RIAA Case


Last October a Minnesota jury found Jammie Thomas liable for copyright infringement for KaZaa downloads of 24 copyrighted songs and awarded damages of $9,250 per infringement, a total of $222,000. Last week Michael Davis, the federal judge who presided over Thomas’s trial, said that he erred when instructing the jury that ““the act of [...]

Vanishing Trials


Take note, prospective trial lawyers: the route to the courtroom travels an increasingly-narrow path. The number of civil trials has declined steadily over the past 40 years to the point that only 1.8% of all civil cases filed in federal court result in trials. The number of civil trials in state courts [...]