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2 December 2020CopyrightMuireann Bolger

‘Copyright troll’ Liebowitz suspended by US federal court

Attorney Richard Liebowitz, who has gained notoriety as an alleged “copyright troll”, has been temporarily barred from practising at the  US District Court for the Southern District District of New York.

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