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19 January 2016Copyright

US Supreme Court to review attorneys’ fee awards in copyright cases

Publisher John Wiley & Sons and a graduate from Cornell University are heading back to the US Supreme Court after a writ concerning the standard for awarding attorneys’ fees in copyright cases was granted.

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