Joint Stock Company "Channel One Russia Worldwide" v. Russian TV Company Inc. et al

Filing 374

ORDER for 373 Report and Recommendations. It is hereby ORDERED and ADJUDGED that the Report is ADOPTED in full. For the reasons stated in the Report, Plaintiff is awarded $450,758 in attorney's fees under 47 U.S.C. § 605(e)(3)(B)(iii) and no costs. (Signed by Judge Lorna G. Schofield on 2/29/2024) (tg)

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK
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JOINT STOCK COMPANY “CHANNEL ONE :
RUSSIA WORLDWIDE,”
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Plaintiff,
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RUSSIAN TV COMPANY, et al.,
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Defendants. :
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18 Civ. 2318 (LGS)
ORDER

LORNA G. SCHOFIELD, District Judge:
WHEREAS, Plaintiff seeks an award of $1,072,370 in attorney’s fees and expenses
pursuant to 47 U.S.C. § 605(e)(3)(B)(iii) for prevailing on its claim that Defendants had violated
§ 605(a) of the Federal Communications Act, 47 U.S.C. § 605(a), by illegally rebroadcasting
Plaintiff’s television programming. The matter was referred to Magistrate Judge Barbara Moses;
WHEREAS, on January 31, 2024, Judge Moses issued a Report and Recommendation
(the “Report”) recommending that Plaintiff be awarded a total of $450,758 in fees and no costs;
WHEREAS, as stated in the Report, the deadline for any objections was fourteen days
from service of the Report;
WHEREAS, no objections were timely filed;
WHEREAS, in reviewing a magistrate judge’s report and recommendation, a district
judge “may accept, reject, or modify, in whole or in part, the findings or recommendations made
by the magistrate judge.” 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1)(C). “In a case such as this one, where no timely
objection has been made, a district court need only satisfy itself that there is no clear error on the
face of the record.” Kuan v. Notoriety Grp. LLC, No. 22 Civ. 1583, 2023 WL 3936749, at *1
(S.D.N.Y. June 9, 2023);

WHEREAS, the Court finds no clear error on the face of the record as to Judge Moses’s
recommendations. It is hereby
ORDERED and ADJUDGED that the Report is ADOPTED in full. For the reasons
stated in the Report, Plaintiff is awarded $450,758 in attorney’s fees under 47 U.S.C.
§ 605(e)(3)(B)(iii) and no costs.
Dated: February 29, 2024
New York, New York

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