Vacating Of Fees, Sanctions In Copyright Suit Over Film Appealed To 2nd Circuit

Mealey's (June 29, 2017, 9:55 AM EDT) -- NEW YORK — In a June 16 appellant brief to the Second Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals, a film production firm argues that a trial court’s remand order, which vacated a previous award of attorney fees and sanctions against a director and his attorney in a copyright dispute over a short film, was based on a misinterpretation of an earlier Second Circuit ruling that had recommended reconsideration of just a small portion of the award (16 Casa Duse LLC v. Alex Merkin, et al., No. 17-0625, 2nd Cir.)....