San Francisco - The Obama administration has chosen as its associate deputy attorney general Donald Verrilli, a copyright litigator who has represented the interests of the record labels against Grokster and alleged file-swapper Jammie Thomas, and also Viacom in its $1 billion claim against Google, CNET News.com reported. The appointment follows a string of industry-friendly hires that includes a favored RIAA lawyer, Tom Perrelli, who was named associate attorney general, and David Ogden, who defended copyright term extensions and was named deputy attorney general.

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