April 20, 2013

Is Prenda trying to simulate insanity to avoid prosecution?

When it rains, it pours You’ll find the answer to the title question after reading the second of the two documents featured below. To get up to speed, read Ken…

April 12, 2013

Graham Syfert withdraws his call for sanctions against Gibbs and Wasinger; Gibbs claims that Steele and Hansmeier have been driving litigation in Florida

Thanks to Judge Wright’s resolution to get to the bottom of Prenda-related controversies, the poo-throwing among the Prenda gang members has recently escalated dramatically. In this light, yesterday’s event is…

April 08, 2013

Undefined beneficiary trust: what is it?

I’ve been thinking about one of the charades in Hansmeier’s deposition, and although I know little about the corporate law (especially international), I risked to do some research and share…

April 08, 2013

Transcript of the March 11 hearing is now available

The transcript of the pivotal hearing in Ingenuity13 LLC v. John Doe (CACD 12-cv-08333) is now available as an exhibit to Blair Chintella’s motion for sanctions, which deserves a separate…

April 02, 2013

Prenda trolls appear in Judge Wright’s courtroom only to plead the Fifth. Furious judge ends the hearing after 12 minutes

If the last Prenda hearing was a tornado, this one was an earthquake. Abrupt, powerful, and leaving unclear casualties. Adam Steinbaugh   Basically, the title says it all. I was…

March 21, 2013

Answers are filed in the Prenda’s defamation lawsuits

Today defense attorneys Jason Sweet and Erin Russell filed answers in two remaining Prenda’s defamation lawsuits: Paul Duffy v. Alan Cooper, Paul Godfread and the Internets, ILND 13-cv-01569 (Answer). Prenda…

March 20, 2013

sharkmp4: the Prenda Law honeypot

Graham Syfert (a Jacksonville attorney, who does not need an introduction) posted an interesting investigative piece today. I found it extremely important and encourage everyone to read it. But before…

March 18, 2013

Brett Gibbs, Paul Hansmeier and their questionable involvement in class action lawsuits

I will start with a quote from a recent Florida State University (Law division) paper by John E. Lopatka — “Class action professional objectors: what to do about them?” —…

March 14, 2013

Prendacalypse #2: Judge Wright orders a follow-up hearing on April 2; no excuses for not appearing

Although an epic hearing on 3/11/2013 was already devastating for Prenda, Judge Otis Wright apparently did not finish his job then: he has ordered a new hearing on 3/29/2013 4/2/2013¹,…

March 12, 2013

EFF to represent bloggers against copyright troll

Yesterday Electronic Frontier Foundation issued a press release (the original is located here) regarding their generous offer to represent this blog as well as DieTrollDie’s one in the “defamation” lawsuits…