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Old 11-21-2010, 12:23 AM  
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Originally Posted by baddog View Post
There are 94 United States district courts. I will have to ask my contact if a fed atty can practice in any of them. I think they can. So while you might only need one atty, 94 different trials could get expensive.

Not sure why class action suits circumvent this jurisdiction deal though.

Class Action = numerous Plaintiffs, usually suing one Defendant. So you only need to file one case in the district where the defendant is located.

Suing torrent users = one Plaintiff, usually suing numerous Defendants. So you need to file the case in the district where the defendant lives. Numerous defendants living in different districts = multiple filings.
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