Seinfeld charged $973k to win $29k in baseless "Comedians" Copyright Lawsuit (Charles v. Seinfeld)

A New York District Court has awarded just $28,800 to the Seinfeld defendants after Christian Charles sued, claiming he owned a copyright in the "Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee" show. Seinfeld et al were charged over $973,000 by their law firm to defend the "baseless" case, an amount the Court said was "excessive" and "unreasonable". #Seinfeld #Copyright #Fees The fee decision is here (no paywall): https://www.patreon.com/posts/64806491 Continue the discussion with the Lawful Masses Discord Community: https://discord.gg/SpC2utzr56 Support Lawful Masses! patreon.com/ljfrench sponsus.com/law THANK YOU SUPPORTERS! April 2022 $50+ Supporters: John Steel, Eevi, Spirit Bear, Benjamin Hitov, Ugly Grill, torpedan, Gutbrodj, ShadowTycho, Earthbound Star, PureMagma, Eric Tams, TechTechPotato, The Blood Soaked Survivors, Wyatt Calandro, King Aires April 2022 $5+ Supporters: Christoph Bolliger, Arron Washington, Keith Marrocco, Dustin Rodriguez, Josué Vicioso, Cindy Campbell, Brian Flowers, Mark Curtis, tdis8629, Lazy Wolf, Meaningless, amelius, Aethero Toland, Nick Bush, John Swanson, matthew beller, Priscilla Astling, Schi-Schi, EvoGamer, Kreachers, admalledd, khagerou, As the World Burns, wrozmo, First Last, Dawn Massaro Guy, Bee Geiger, Medeka, Phaedrus Socrates, Rita Loy, David Zaslavsky, Christian Ullrich, Roger Chen, Brian Roush, Rudolph Bescherer Jr, Firstname Mclastname, Lydia Collinson, HotGrillsInYourArea, JH, Stephen Bank, Tron Bårdgård, Mark Randall, Richard Shotwell, Sarah Gerweck, Matthew East, Pat Delaney, Mario Bonales, Euchale, Ian McDonald, Marcus Agehall, Joe Roberts, Sokar117, Jonathan Robillard, Amanda Gillies, Justin Waddell, Andrew Sellers, Nathaniel, Tony Cruickshank, Druid, Jason Lingle, Zzyzx Wolfe, Kasaryth, Oisin Creaner, Dimitrios Georgakopoulos, Stephen Christopher, Keuric, TEEKAY, Stefan Persson, CombatZAK, Jaimeson LaLone, Alexander Sihn, Naomi Pool, Andrew Reid, Gregory Ford, EnvyingWrath, Brody Eastwood, sehro, Brian Rossman, FunnyHats, Dzyan, Chris Lindsay, Albert Demello, Rico Robbins, Darkwolf, John Peter, Kai Raphahn, Andrew "FastLizard4" Adams, Jesse Stam, Si Wellings, Jessica Pearson, RedR0ze, LbxAni, Daniel Ducharme, Ph.D., majikthise, foonix, TheEuphoGuy, Brian, Matthew Bertrand, Jack Draak, DyneOnline, Eye_Make_Stuff, Nick Rowland, Timothy James Dodd, itheoryon, Scott F. Comstock, James Melanson, Lewis, Kat Willhite, DreamerDon, Komrade Kettenkrad, Matt Arnold, Alan Nise, anton.molyboha, Kyle Siefring, Marianne Fletcher, The Disturbed Angel, Elliott Ingram, Eric Woodley, Raindrop Works, Liryca, Logan Stromberg, scj643, eyebrows360, Chris Connett, Haplo, Michael Ciesielski, Chris Hilliard, Tesserakt, Travus, Greg, Eric Barker, Q Squared, Jeffrey Cash, Gef the Mongoose, toadbear, Jason Glaesemann, Gergely Varju, DrJKL, Lawrence Groupe, Michael, pizzafourlife, ChaoQueen, DrakeDT, jak_ub, WarrantyVoid, Andrew Venier, QuasiAutonomous Bosch, CacklingDonut, Bill Tonnies, Rabid Ronin, Thomas Dinsdale-Young, Katrina Middleton, Zendane, varia, jag1110, STEVE YOCUM 😎, Alisdair Meredith, RunsWhenChased, ricin, AnnoyedRook, cwestpha, Fubar, Bill Somerville, Mike Dunford, Kasper Brandt, rcmaehl, James Oxford, Warren Rumak, JohnSwanson, Michael Stokes-Byrne, c, Jorge Vittes, Nate Gray, Tony Webster, Evan Davis, Mx. Juniper System, Ross, Dustin Bosveld, Jeff Gordon, Bryan Lubeck, Lawful Leah, PinkFluffyTeddyBear, Paul, jsteelkw, Globochemist, Rodney Nelson, Chip Phelps, Rovert09, Ivan Chepurnyi, Thedougler303, Rob Voisey, Kris Hetzel, Christina B, Negligibly Negative, XPEric, Maarten Wisman, Robert Z, balayanr, sean murphy, Matthew E, OsculatingPlane, Landon Noll, Wolfendragoon, Abby Sulima, Thomas Richard Tetreault, Justin Bassett-Green, Ryan Schott, Richard Margolin, casimireffect, Tyy_, EyesWideOpen, CostlyFiddle, zensalad, Kantorock, AvaGlass, Robert Maehl, Jennifer and David Brock, Andrew LePlatt, David LeBlanc, void, jSON, Foxtrek_64, Jabberwoky69, Blueberry Hill 00:00 - Introduction 00:29 - Comedians in Cars Lawsuit Video card 01:50 - The Court's Fee Decision 03:11 - Case Background 04:40 - Akilah Hughes Objectively Unreasonable card 06:11 - Charles's Request for Reconsideration 07:56 - Defendant's Presumptively Reasonable Fee 10:12 - Defendants' requested fees 13:56 - The Requested Hourly Rates 15:27 - The Court's Awarded Rates 16:28 - The Requested Number of Billable Hours 17:22 - Let's look at the Docket 20:05 - Back to the Excessive Hours 25:01 - The Requested Costs/Expenses 27:24 - Further reduction for Fairness 29:47 - Liability of Defense Counsel 32:39 - The Final Award 34:34 - Leonard Thoughts 37:08 - Credits & Thanks!