A federal judge ruled on March 11 to limit LimeWire's exposure in pending copyright-infringement litigation by allowing one damages award per each infringed copyrighted work in its lawsuit brought by record companies. The record-label plaintiffs had sought an award for each infringement by individual LimeWire users. Although LimeWire previously settled a similar copyright-infringement suit filed by music publishers for claims arising from its music file-sharing service, it is facing up to $1.5 billion in liability for alleged copyright infringement in the still-pending suit with aggrieved record companies. "Each infringed copyrighted work may result in an award of statutory copyright damages typically ranging from $750.00 to $30,000.00," says Keli Johnson, an attorney with Scott & Scott, LLP. "However, if a claimant can prove that a work was infringed willfully, then the statutory-damages limits increases to $150,000.00 per work, meaning that LimeWire's potential exposure in this case remains significant." For more information, please contact Ms. Johnson at 800-596-6176 or KJohnson@scottandscottllp.com.