Lindsay Lohan has certainly had her share of encounters with the legal
system. Now, one of Lohan's lawyers is also feeling the heat.
Recently, Lohan sued rapper Pitbull in the U.S. District Court for the
Eastern District of New York for violating her right of publicity by
using her name in his song lyrics. Lohan lost the suit, with the court
finding that the lyrics were protected speech. The court also granted a
motion to sanction Lohan's lawyer for plagiarism in a memorandum
submitted to the court, which contained uncited portions of web content
as well as portions of text from another brief in a different, unrelated
case. The lawyer was fined $1500 for the plagiarism. The case has
placed a Hollywood spotlight on the serious consequences of plagiarism
and improper citation.
A copy of the Court's opinion can be found here. Discussion of the plagiarism issue begins in Part II(D).
For other coverage of the case, see a recent article in the ABA Journal and recent blog posts here and here.
(This entry was originally written and posted by Sarah Kammer)
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