Michael Rodriguezis joining theMPAas senior litigation counsel and director, Americascontent protection.

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Rodriguez previously served as senior lead litigation and enforcement counsel at LinkedIn.

Among other things, he worked with authors to address piracy complaints, including Digital Millennium Copyright Act takedowns.

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He previously served as an assistant U.S. Attorney in the northern district of California.

He brought charges for wire and bank fraud, public corruption, aggravated identity theft and access gear fraud.

He also served as trial counsel in the MPAs commercial litigation branch.