(VegasInc) Attorneys say the owner of the Las Vegas Review-Journal should be required to pay $774,683 in legal fees for what critics call a failed ''shakedown'' copyright infringement lawsuit that threatened the free speech rights of a political website.
The attorneys represent the Democratic Underground, a website that defeated Righthaven LLC, the R-J's copyright enforcement partner, in one of Righthaven's copyright infringement lawsuits.
If attorneys for the Democratic Underground have their way, the family of Arkansas investment banking billionaire Warren Stephens will be paying their fees for two reasons ...
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