Obama Appoints 5th Former RIAA Attorney to Justice Dept.

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on April 14, 2009 - 12:34pm.

Washington - Despite calls from over 20 interest groups last week that he "diversify" his intellectual property-related appointment to the Justice Department, President Barack Obama has appointed former Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) attorney Ian Gershenorn as deputy assistant attorney of the DOJ's Civil Division, Wired.com reported. Gershengorn was a partner at Jenner & Block, which represented the labels in their landmark case against the Grokster file-sharing service -- and represents the fifth RIAA lawyer to be appointed to DOJ by Obama.

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