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GAO Repeats Protective Order Warning

Client Alert | less than 1 min read | 04.03.08

In denying the motion for reconsideration of its dismissal of the protest in PWC Logistics Servs. (Mar. 31, 2008) for breach of the protective order by the client retaining for a week protected material and distributing it within the company, GAO repeated that this case is to serve as a warning to other protestors: if the client receives from its attorneys any materials that are marked as subject to protective order, they are immediately to close and return or destroy the materials, and their attorneys are to provide prompt notice of the violation.

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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....