Jilted Lovers Post Nude Photos and Videos, Get Charged & Sued

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Matthew Goldstein, Law Firm Founds Project to Fight ‘Revenge Porn.’ New York Times, Jan 30, 2015.
dealbook.nytimes.com/2015/01/29/law-firm-founds-project-to-fight-revenge-porn/

Note:
(a) "The woman’s lawsuit, filed under a pseudonym to protect her privacy, seeks damages for violating United States copyright law by posting the video and photos without her permission and also causing her emotional distress. * * * But if a victim wants to bring a federal copyright lawsuit, there is a catch. In many cases, she or he would first need to register any videos or photos to be protected with the United States Copyright Office. In other words, to use copyright law as a hammer, a victim must publicly register a photo or video that she or he would rather no one ever see. * * * It is believed the videos and photos Mr [David K] Elam [II] posted to about half-dozen websites were removed after the law student registered them with the Copyright Office in the summer of 2013."

Jane Doe v David K Elam II. US Dist Ct (C.D.Cal.) No 14-cv-09788-PSG-MAN (filed Dec 22, 2014)
(b) "K&L Gates, a Pittsburgh-based law firm"

K&L Gates
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/K%26L_Gates
(a Pittsburgh-based international law firm; 8th largest law firm in US and 11th largest among law firms worldwide; In 2007 "a merger between Kirkpatrick & Lockhart Nicholson Graham and Preston Gates & Ellis to form Kirkpatrick & Lockhart Preston Gates Ellis. The name was later shortened to K&L Gates")

In short, Kirkpatrick, Lockhart, and Fates were the last names of three founders, in two branches.