Dunlap, Grubb & Weaver has sent out letters to thousands of people with this type of language: Our law firm has filed a federal copyright infringement lawsuit in US District Court for the District of Columbia on behalf of our client is Voltage Pictures LLC we are sending you this letter as a courtesy before we are required to take more formal legal action which would involve adding you as a named defendant in the lawsuit. [read post]

United States Issue: Whether a district court may direct a defendant to serve a federal sentence consecutively to a not-yet-imposed state sentence. [read post]