Copyright Lawyer Wants Judge Recused for Calling Him a Troll

Copyright lawyer Richard Liebowitz wants Lewis A. Kaplan, a federal judge in Manhattan, to recuse himself from one of Liebowitz’s infringement cases, arguing Kaplan can’t be impartial based on his past comments calling Liebowitz a “copyright troll.”

“Once a person labels another human being as a ‘troll,’ certain truths become self-evident, the most obvious being that any actions taken by the so-called ‘troll’ will be perceived through the lens of that negative stereotype, and any judgments rendered will inevitably function to confirm that hostile perception,” Liebowitz said in an Oct. 29 filing in the Southern District of New York.

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