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Expanding FAPIIS: First "Ownership," Now "Predecessors"

Client Alert | less than 1 min read | 12.17.14

On December 4, 2014, the FAR Councils issued a proposed rule that would require offerors to disclose all "predecessor" entities that held a federal contract or grant within the prior three years, with comments due by February 2, 2015. This information, in addition to the recent addition of ownership information, will be stored in the Federal Awardee Performance and Integrity Information System (FAPIIS).


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Client Alert | 4 min read | 04.01.26

Supreme Court Rejects “Mere Knowledge” Standard for Contributory Copyright Infringement in Cox v. Sony, Reverses $1 Billion Judgment Against Cox

On March 25, 2026, in Cox Communications, Inc. v. Sony Music Entertainment, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed a $1 billion verdict against Cox. The judgment was the result of a jury trial in which Sony claimed that Cox was liable for contributory copyright infringement because it knew that its customers were using its service to infringe yet did not respond with sufficient diligence to prevent that infringement....