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Intellectual Property

Dec. 27, 2011

Law firms mistakenly identified as supporters of online piracy legislation

The House Judiciary Committee mistakenly named 22 law firms on a roster of organizations supporting contentious online piracy legislation and has since removed them from the list, a committee aide said Friday.


By Robert Iafolla


Daily Journal Staff Writer


WASHINGTON - The House Judiciary Committee mistakenly named 22 law firms on a roster of organizations supporting contentious online piracy legislation and has since removed them from the list, a committee aide said Friday.


Committee staff listed the firms based on a Dec. 12 letter signed by individual attorneys backing the House and Senate versions of the legislation. A note at the end of the letter...

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