Mealey's (June 21, 2016, 12:10 PM EDT) -- CHICAGO — A photographer who voluntarily dismissed his copyright infringement action should not be required to pay a defendant’s request for $33,974 in attorney fees, the Seventh Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals ruled June 17 (Richard N. Bell v. Charles Lantz, No. 15-2341, 7th Cir.; 2016 U.S. App. LEXIS 11006).

(Decision available. Document #16-160701-001Z.)

According to the appellate panel of Circuit Judges Frank Easterbrook, Ilana Rovner and Diane Sykes, U.S. Judge Tanya Walton Pratt of the Southern District of Indiana improperly awarded defense counsel in the...