One LLP, a California intellectual property and entertainment law firm, obtained a groundbreaking $6.3-million jury verdict on behalf of architectural photographer Scott Hargis against Pacifica Senior Living Management LLC, who willfully infringed upon 42 of Hargis' images.
A California jury on Monday awarded what is reportedly the “largest maximum statutory damages verdict for photography infringement in U.S. history,” according to a press release issued by the plaintiff's counsel in the case.
For at least 50 years, the Los Angeles County Sheriff s Department has been plagued by secretive "deputy gangs" — organized subgroups of deputy sheriffs who allegedly engage in violence, corruption