Judge Recommends Attorneys’ Fees for Netflix in ‘Narcos’ Case

Netflix Inc. should be awarded over $240,000 in attorneys’ fees for defending against copyright infringement claims brought by a Colombian journalist over its show “Narcos,” a magistrate judge recommended in Miami federal court.

Virginia Vallejo should have known that her claims were objectively unreasonable when she refiled them despite being told copyright protection doesn’t extend to facts, Magistrate Judge Lauren Louis said Monday in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida.

Vallejo’s memoir “Amando a Pablo, Odiando a Escobar” describes her relationship with Pablo Escobar and the rise of the Colombian cartels. “Narcos,” which is about the ...