December 29, 2016
Prenda indictment – with links
Undeniably, the criminal indictment of copyright trolls John Steele and Paul Hansmeier was the main positive event of 2016 for thousands of Prenda’s (as well as other trolls’) victims. Last…
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December 16, 2016
Steele and Hansmeier have been finally indicted on fraud, money laundering charges
Teleport to the latest update Sweet holiday gift. The masterminds of a porn extortion outfit Prenda — John Steele and Paul Hansmeier — are finally indicted (USA v. Hansmeier…
June 10, 2016
The Ninth Circuit affirms fee award imposed by Judge Wright against Prenda principals three years ago
A long awaited ruling by the US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit is out. Circuit Judges Harry Pregerson, Richard Tallman, and Jacqueline Nguyen affirmed district court’s award of…
August 20, 2015
ARDC suddenly remembers that there is “D” in its acronym, starts disciplinary proceeds against John Steele
Teleport to the latest update Finally… Today Jerome Larkin, Administrator of the Attorney Registration and Disciplinary Commission of the Supreme Court of Illinois, via Counsel Wendy J. Muchman and…
May 03, 2015
Oral arguments in Prenda’s appeal to the Ninth Circuit: live video feed
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. Almost exactly two years ago…
December 01, 2014
Prenda’s Jacques Nazaire requests a nonsensical “sanction hearing by a jury”
Prenda is a gift that keeps on giving. No matter how this phrase is banal and overused, it will be repeated many more times, guaranteed. Because… Prenda is a gift…
November 26, 2014
Notes from the 11/20/2014 AF Holdings, LLC v. Patel hearing
The AF Holdings v Patel (GAND 12-cv-00262) Show Cause Hearing, which was abruptly interrupted by a snowstorm on the 1/28/2014 afternoon, was finally continued and concluded almost ten months later,…
November 19, 2014
Notes from the Lightspeed hearing in East St. Louis (November 12, 2014)
By Dbs I showed up at the courthouse about 10 minutes before scheduled time. After running through security and running an item back out to the car, finally got to…
August 18, 2014
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….
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…
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