California Supreme Court
Jul. 24, 2009
California Courts Come Under Fire for Giving Legal Briefs to For-Profit Firms
Some attorneys are demanding that they receive royalties from companies that sell access to the briefs they write. Attorney Ed Connor sent a letter to the California Supreme Court asking for such a rule change.
Daily Journal Staff Writers Ed Connor and his firm worked hundreds of hours to prepare an appellate brief in an employment discrimination case he took on pro bono. He never expected someone else might be profiting from his good deed. Several months ago, the Irvine attorney learned the California Supreme Court had given his 143-page brief to the legal information service LexisNexis, which was making it available on...
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