May 20, 2017

Prenda’s John Steele has been disbarred

It is rather a minor news because it was totally expected. Also, this development is pale in comparison to the criminal action against John Steele and Paul Hansmeier — the…

July 03, 2016

Prenda’s Hansmeier stipulates to suspension of his law license

In a previous post I suggested that the next event in the long running Prenda saga was likely to be a ruling by the referee in Hansmeier’s Minnesota lawyer discipline…

June 15, 2016

What is next for Paul Hansmeier?

By drvandalia ¹ Paul Hansmeier So what is next for Paul Hansmeier? (For some reason, I really don’t care about John Steele anymore. Perhaps someone else can take up the…

August 04, 2014

Minnesota Appellate Court affirms $63K judgment against Prenda, questions Guava existence

When it rains, it pours. As if the last week total Prenda smackdown by the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals was not enough, today Minnesota Court of Appeals affirmed more…

September 19, 2013

Prenda v. Godfread et al: motion for sanctions and a new powerful set of counterclaims have been filed

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…

August 08, 2013

Prenda parties ordered to pay more than $63K to Doe Defendants in Minnesota

Remember Guava LLC v. Merkel? A collusive Prenda’s lawsuit filed in Hennepin County court in Minneapolis? I thought that this lawsuit was over, and I was gladly surprised to learn…

May 29, 2013

Alan Cooper fable: more scrutiny and more questions

The post below is a follow-up to the recent two articles: Prenda fables get craftier yet less believable. A closer look at troll Goodhue’s response to Order to Show Cause. This post…

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?” —…

February 16, 2013

Hard Drive Productions is hit by another lawsuit: this time in Minnesota

Poor sleazeball Paul Pilcher! How many times the owner of an illegal¹ porn studio Hard Drive Productions cursed the day when he met a copyright troll John Steele (Prenda Law)…

January 27, 2013

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…