Teen Sued by Apple gets free brief
A teenager who is being sued by Apple for publishing a true story on his web-site www.thinksecret.com has found himself a free lawyer to defend him from the Apple briefs.
Nicholas Ciarelli, 19, said he couldn't afford to defend himself against the multi-million dollar maker of music gear after Apple sued him for writing a story that was not an authorised press release. They also wanted him to tell them who it was in their company that gave him the information that it was about to release a cheap version of its Apple Mac.
However, Terry Gross, of the San Francisco-based firm Gross & Bels, which specialises in such cases has agreed to take the case pro-bono.
Ciarelli had sought legal help from groups including the Electronic Frontier Foundation, a San Francisco-based organization that Gross has represented in the past.
