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John Steele unsuccessfully attempts to avoid facing Judge Wright
As you know from the previous posts here and a never-ending Popehat thread, after four clowns (Steele, Paul and Peter Hansmeiers, Mark Lutz) unwisely submitted frivolous motions claiming that they...
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Morgan Pietz talks about Prenda and copyright trolls on Bloomberg Law
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Courthouse Jester: John Steele’s performance in Los Angeles
By Mysterious Anonymous Since I made it to the Spring Street Courthouse again to see Friday’s performance, SJD asked me to write up my impressions as a community representative. I had a super-busy...
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WANTED: a fugitive named Mark Lutz
Mark Lutz This guy harassed tens of thousands over the phone during the past two years. Mark Colins Lutz, Prenda’s paralegal, used to call victims telling them that they had broken the law — either...
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Prenda parties ordered to pay more than $63K to Doe Defendants in Minnesota
Hennepin County District Court Judge Tanya M. Bransford Remember Guava LLC v. Merkel? A collusive Prenda’s lawsuit filed in Hennepin County court in Minneapolis? I thought that this lawsuit was over,...
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Prenda’s local attorney Daniel Ruggiero denounces his employers
Daniel Ruggiero, Prenda’s local in the Eastern states, filed dozens of cases on behalf of Prenda’s fake plaintiffs. Today he submitted a curious motion to withdraw (without substitution) as...
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Popehat: Team Prenda is a classy, classy bunch
I know that the Popehat crowd is sensitive about copyright and encourage linking to their musings rather than copying wholesale (otherwise they couldn’t afford their famously posh living style...
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Prenda v. Godfread et al: motion for sanctions and a new powerful set of...
A lot of events are still going on the Prenda front. I almost stopped covering Prenda stories, firstly, because I think that Prenda is mostly done since this spring, and I should refocus my efforts on...
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Judge Murphy denies Prenda’s motions to reconsider Smiths’s attorney fees,...
In Lightspeed Media Corporation v. Smith et al lawsuit (initially St. Clair county, removed to ILSD — 12-cv-00889), Judge Patrick G. Murphy has finally issued a highly anticipated order denying...
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Lightspeed v. Adam Sekora: an overlooked Prenda fiasco
While Prenda’s federal cases are closely watched and reported (thanks to immediate availability of court documents via Pacer), cases filed in state courts are difficult to follow as the majority of...
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A must read hearing transcript: Lighspeed v. Smith, November 13, 2013
I’m sorry for thy much misgovernment. William Shakespeare, “Much Ado About Nothing,” 4.1.99 On Friday St. Louis Post-Dispatch published a long story about one of the most watched Prenda’s infamous...
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How to avoid disbarment? Disbar yourself!
According to the Illinois Attorney’s Registration and Disciplinary Record, an infamous copyright troll John Steele is not authorized to practice law in Illinois. Voluntarily inactive: It’s quite a...
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Paul Duffy, a career stooge
I recently promised not to write about Prenda except for entertainment purposes, and I couldn’t miss this opportunity. We all know that one of the three Prenda stooges (Steele, Hansmeier and Duffy) is...
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BREAKING: Judge Darrah grants defendants’ motion for sanctions in Prenda v....
U.S. District Judge John W. Darrah Today a hearing in Prenda v. the Internets (ILND 13-cv-04341) was held in Chicago. Cook County Record’s reporter Bethany Krajelis was there: U.S. District Judge John...
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Report from AF Holdings v Patel 1/28/2014 hearing
Today a long anticipated hearing in the AF Holdings v. Patel (GAND 12-cv-00262) took place in Gainesville, Georgia. Oralia Oglesbee was there and documented the event. Let us thank her: it is...
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Another report from AF Holdings v. Patel hearing (1/28/2014)
Below is another story from the AF Holdings v. Patel (GAND 12-cv-00262) hearing held on 1/28/2014 in Gainesville, Georgia. Thursday’s post featured transcript-like notes made by Oralia Oglesbee....
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Prenda’s first oral arguments in front of the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals: a...
Thyself shalt see the act: For, as thou urgest justice, be assur’d Thou shalt have justice more than thou desir’st. Shakespeare. The Merchant of Venice. Since Prenda became a national poster child,...
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John Steele finds out that Prenda lost their Lightspeed appeals
By Kat Anon and TAC If for some (frankly, inexcusable) reason you know nothing about yesterday’s Prenda smackdown resulted from the April hearing in the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals, these...
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Minnesota Appellate Court affirms $63K judgment against Prenda, questions...
Edward Toussaint, Judge of the Minnesota Court of Appeals (Retired) When it rains, it pours. As if the last week total Prenda smackdown by the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals was not enough, today...
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Unsealed documents show Prenda parties’ twisted finances
Prenda’s recent devastating defeat in the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals was a result of Dan Booth’s / Jason Sweet’s titanic work and John Steele’s / Paul Hansmeier’s incurable hubris. Trolls’...
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