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Civil Litigation

Apr. 5, 2019

Another lawyer joins fight over Pepe the Frog

Nancy L. Schroeder, counsel in WilmerHaleLLP’s Los Angeles office, has joined the team representing cartoonist Matt Furie in his copyright infringement case against conspiracy theorist website Infowars, according to court records filed Thursday.

Another lawyer joins fight over Pepe the Frog
A man waves a "Pepe the Frog" flag as right-wing demonstrators marched in June 2017 at Evergreen State College in Washington state (New York Times News Service).

Nancy L. Schroeder, counsel in WilmerHaleLLP's Los Angeles office, has joined the team representing cartoonist Matt Furie in his copyright infringement case against conspiracy theorist website Infowars, according to court records filed Thursday.

The San Luis Obispo-based Furie sued Infowars and its parent company, Free Speech Systems LLC, last year for using his "Pepe the Frog" cartoon without his permission, according to court rec...

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