No Copyright Preemption For Fee-Shifting Provision Of CRRA, 9th Circuit Says

Mealey's (December 6, 2018, 1:13 PM EST) -- SAN FRANCISCO — In a Dec. 3 ruling, the Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals found that the 1976 Copyright Act does not preempt the attorney fees provision of the California Resale Royalties Act (CRRA) (Chuck Close and Laddie John Dill, individually and on behalf of all others similarly situated v. Sotheby’s Inc., et al., Nos. 16-56234, -56235, -56252, 9th Cir., 2018 U.S. App. LEXIS 33995)....