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A quick update on dismissed Sunlust Pictures v. Nguyen case
By Raul Previous coverage on Sunlust Pictures, LLC v. Nguyen (FLMD 12-cv-01685): 11/30/2012: A hearing transcript or a comedy screenplay? A must-read for those who think about settling. 12/05/2012:...
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Prenda hires an outside counsel in Sunlust Pictures v. Nguyen case
After the disastrous Sunlust Pictures v. Nguyen (FLMD 12-cv-01685) hearing on 11/27/2011, which looked more like a circus performance than a courtroom event, The case was dismissed by a frustrated...
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“White collar criminal defenders” attempt to defend Prenda’s scam artists....
Previous coverage on Sunlust Pictures, LLC v. Nguyen (FLMD 12-cv-01685): 11/30/2012: A hearing transcript or a comedy screenplay? A must-read for those who think about settling. 12/05/2012: Expected...
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Prenda ends one of its most controversial trolling lawsuits
Hard Drive Productions v. John Does 1-1,495 (DCD 11-cv-01741) is over. It was voluntarily dismissed without prejudice on 12/21/2012 (de facto — with prejudice: I will explain below why). View this...
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Big news: Judge Wright has granted a discovery aimed at solving the Alan...
It is getting more and more interesting. Readers of this blog (as well as Arstechnica’s and TechDirt’s communities) are well aware of the “Coopergate” — the ongoing controversy regarding a Minnesota...
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Does “under penalty of perjury” mean anything? Apparently not for Prenda and...
As I reported last week, copyright trolls John Steele, Paul Duffy, Brett Gibbs (and Mark Lutz¹) hired the “best law firm in Tampa for white collar criminal defense,” Kynes, Markman & Felman, P.A....
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The unbearable shrill of desperation. Brett Gibbs moves to disqualify Judge...
I intended to enjoy the New Year eve with family, friends and champagne. I postponed some really explosive news till tomorrow (and I promise some fireworks!)¹, but this one just knocked me out. I...
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Where are you going, Mark? Why now?
Is anyone willing to call Mark Lutz and ask him these questions? By the way, this ad is gone (expired), but there is a couple of later ones, stating simply “moving out.” With pictures. If you have no...
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“I’ve seen John Steele preaching”: an insightful comment from a slashdot.org...
By a slashdot.org regular SmallFurryCreature Foreword by SJD: My Friday’s post, as well as Copyright Clerk’s article on the same topic (Judge Write granting Morgan Pietz’s motion to interrogate Prenda...
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Graham Syfert reiterates his demand for sanctions, accuses John Steele of fraud
Update on the Sunlust fiasco Previous coverage: 11/30/2012: A hearing transcript or a comedy screenplay? A must-read for those who think about settling. 12/4/2012: Expected development in a courtroom...
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Is Prenda calling it quits or cooking a new fraud?
During the seasonal festivities, we missed an elephant in the room. In December 2012 notorious copyright troll Prenda Law started dismissing its individual cases by large numbers. Table of individual...
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Attorney for a fake plaintiff questions the existence of a defendant he is suing
After Prenda’s Brett Gibbs filed a palmface-inducing motion to disqualify Judge Write with an obvious goal to further delay the inevitable exposure of a fraud, the matter was referred to Judge Michael...
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Copyright troll Brett Gibbs disobeys judge’s order and affirmatively refuses...
This write-up was supposed to be yet another update to my October 25 post Nick Ranallo to Prenda: “Put your money where your mouth is,” but that post is already too long and overloaded with updates....
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Prenda’s motion to disqualify Judge Otis Wright has been denied
The apoplectic and misguided Prenda’s motion to disqualify Judge Otis Wright has been denied today by Judge Michael W. Fitzgerald. Federal Judge Michael W. Fitzgerald Anyone, who is familiar with the...
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How do you call a lovemaking act without a partner?
You are correct. In the meantime, John Steele discovered a new concept of judicial masturbation: a one-party lawsuit. Seriously. We all know how Prenda crooks have been doing a hard work of depriving...
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Prenda’s fraudulent activity continues unabated: new harassing calls, ransom...
Recently I heard too many reports that Steele Hansmeier / Prenda Law / Anti-Piracy Law Group has intensified its harassing calls. And the crook on the other end of the phone line is no one else but...
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A “defendant” in a Guava sham lawsuit has admitted that he was blackmailed...
It was obvious that a rash of CFAA cases filed in state courts by Prenda con artists — Guava v. Skylar Case (Cook county, IL), Guava v. Spencer Merkel (Hennepin county, MN), and Arte de Oaxaca v....
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Alan Cooper goes on offensive, sues John Steele and his shakedown entities
The hearing in Guava v. Spencer Merkel in the Hennepin County Court (Minneapolis) on 1/25/2013 was eventful. The main bombshell that went off that day was a damning affidavit of the “defendant”...
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Prenda explores a loophole in Pennsylvania’s law, plagiarizes a memo
I think that John Steele has finally found a way to vindicate me: the amount of scams he conceives is so high, the brazenness is so staggering that I may get seriously ill from writing that much about...
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Connecticut defendant strikes back at AF Holdings with articulate counterclaims
While Dan Booth and Jason Sweet are currently involved in multiple battles with Prenda’s local goon and swindler Daniel Ruggiero in their home state of Massachusetts, sometimes the defenders move...
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