UK law firm ACS: Law, which had issued threatening letters to thousands of alleged illegal file-sharers on-behalf-of its client MediaCAT, has finally put an end to file-sharing claims.

Both, ACS: Law as well as it client MediaCAT, were fored to shut down their businesses after they failed to table any evidence against alleged file-sharers.

The law firm had requested the internet service providers (ISPs), such as BT and Virgin Media, to provide it access to the names and addresses of the alleged illegal file-sharers, but the request was turned down by the ISPs.

ACS: Law and MediaCAT closed down their businesses at a time when the court ruling about 27 file-sharers sued by the law firm is due Tuesday.

Judge Birss said that he was not happy over the law firm’s decision to leave the field. Commenting on the topic, the judge said, “I am getting the impression with every twist and turn since I started looking at these cases that there is a desire to avoid any judicial scrutiny.”

The law firm’s lead solicitor, Andrew Crossley, had earlier announced that he would leave the firm following bomb threat and death threats to his family.