Jan. 6 Defense Attorneys Unable to Get Copyright Case Dismissed

Three attorneys who defended Jan. 6 insurrection criminal defendants failed to convince a federal judge in Washington to toss copyright lawsuits filed against them over their use of an expert jury poll report.

Stanley E. Woodward Jr.—now a US associate attorney general—Paul J. Garrity, and Kira A. West each failed to show In Lux Research and Analytics owner Lindsay Olson waited too long to file her suit or that their use of her report was fair use, the US District Court for the District of Columbia said Monday.

Judge Beryl A. Howell also rejected the attorneys’ argument that the jury ...