Legal Opinion
Latin American Music Co. v. American Society of Composers
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided April 21, 2011No. 10-1780PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HOWARD, Circuit Judge.
In this copyright case, plaintiff Latin American Music Company (“LAMCO”) appeals from orders awarding attorneys’ fees incurred below in favor of prevailing defendant American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (“ASCAP”). We readily affirm.
I. BACKGROUND 1
We begin by briefly setting the stage. After successfully defending on appeal a jury verdict finding that it had not infringed, ASCAP moved for attorneys’ fees and costs in the district court. It requested slightly more than $82,000, incurred in pretrial and trial proceedings between 2005 and 2008. LAMCO opposed…
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