SCOTUS to Decide Attorneys Fees in Landmark Copyright Case

The U.S. Supreme Court will hear oral argument next month in a dispute over more than $2 million in unpaid legal fees stemming from seven years of litigation.

According to court filings, lawyers from Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe say they’re entitled to $1.9 million for their representation of Thai bookseller Supap Kirtsaeng against copyright claims by publisher John Wiley & Sons, which included a prior trip to the Supreme Court in 2013.

Because the firm agreed to take Kirtsaeng’s case pro bono, Orrick will go unpaid if the Supreme Court appeal isn’t successful, according to Joshua Rosenkranz, the Orrick partner representing Kirtsaeng. ...