Judges Consolidate Lawsuits Against Aimster

In a blow against the music file-swapping service, a multi-jurisdictional panel of judges in San Diego ordered that a bevy of lawsuits against the fledgling Albany, N.Y.,-based Aimster should be tried in a Chicago federal district court. The order is aimed at splitting the distance that music and movie industry litigants must travel while suing Aimster.