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Voltage defendants file appeal for release of $75,000 in defense costs

Media | 12/09/2019 3:40 pm EST

Defendants in a failed reverse class action certification motion brought by Voltage Pictures LLC are filing an appeal against part of the decision by the Federal Court to withhold legal fees they say are owed to them after the movie studio lost its case.  In denying certification for Voltage’s class of defendants it sought to sue for copyright infringement, the Federal Court also held back the $75,000 the movie studio put into a court trust before the certification motion was heard...