Citing $130K in legal bills, Jammie Thomas lawyer withdraws - Ars Technica - The Diigo Meta page

• 23 May 09
  

  Patrick O'Keefe
  • The retrial of Jammie Thomas-Rasset for copyright infringement may be delayed once again, as her attorney is now attempting to withdraw from the case. In a motion filed late last week, Brian Toder, who represented Thomas-Rasset in her original copyright infringement trial, revealed that he is owed nearly $130,000 in legal bills.
  • Toder had tried withdrawing before the first trial, but Judge Michael Davis refused to allow it. With Thomas-Rasset telling the court in a separate filing that she has no objection to Toder's withdrawal and waiving a hearing on the matter, it's more likely that Judge Raymond Erickson will allow Toder to shake the dust off his sandals and walk away from the case.
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  • • The withdrawal, which was first reported by our colleagues at ThreatLevel, comes just a couple of days after a court-mandated settlement conference between the RIAA and Thomas failed to bear fruit.
    • For their part, the RIAA's attorneys have no objection to Toder's withdrawal at this late state in the game, but have also made it clear that they want the trial to go ahead as scheduled on June 15.
• 18 May 09
  

  Jonathan Bailey

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