Littler Mendelson Seeks to Knock Out CWC’s Copyrights in Lawsuit

Labor and employment law firm Littler Mendelson PC responded to claims in Virginia federal court that it misused more than 2,100 pages of copyrighted materials from the nonprofit Center for Workplace Compliance by challenging CWC’s rights in the materials.

CWC falsely told the U.S. Copyright Office that it owned the copyrights as works made for hire when it “knew that none of the Works were created by its employees—because CWC has no employees,” Littler told the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia on Tuesday.

It asked the court to declare that CWC isn’t the works’ lawful copyright ...