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Motion To Delay Sanctions Against Prenda Lawyers Denied
rudy_wayne writes with news that the Prenda lawyers recently sanctioned by a federal judge are starting to face consequences. From the article: "On Friday, Paul Hansmeier, a Minnesota attorney who has been pointed to as one of the masterminds of the Prenda copyright-trolling scheme, filed an emergency motion to stay the $81,000 sanctions order while he and his colleagues could mount an appeal. Today the appeals court flatly denied his motion. Two appellate judges signed this order, and it gives Hansmeier the option to make a plea for delay with the district court judge. That would be U.S. District Judge Otis Wright, the judge who sanctioned Hansmeier in the first place. Hansmeier is also getting kicked off a case he was working on that was totally unrelated to Prenda's scheme of making copyright accusations over alleged pornography downloads. On Friday, the 9th Circuit Commissioner ordered Hansmeier, in no uncertain terms, to withdraw from a case involving Groupon since he has been referred to the Minnesota State Bar for investigation. The commissioner has delayed Hansmeier's admission to the 9th Circuit because of Wright's order, which refers to Wright's finding of 'moral turpitude.'"
I need a bigger monitor. I had a hard time reading all that with the massive erection the summary gave me. Seriously, this is fucking awesome. We're talking, distilled, 180 proof justice-porn here.
If you've been following the coverage on Popehat or FightCopyrightTrolls, you'll know that the Groupon class-action case is another one of Hansmeier's schemes to make money. He has a few cases where someone in his family files as an objector in a class-action case at the 11th hour (meaning that they are going to hold the case up and not let it settle, unless they get a nice payout of course), and then Hansmeier himself acts as the attorney for the objector. There are theories that he simply files the objections himself under a family member's name, and then proceeds to represent them. The objector in the Groupon case is Padraigin Browne, Hansmeier's wife (and a patent attorney). He's also represented his father, another attorney, in other class-action cases. I like how the judge ordered Hansmeier to provide proof to the court that he notified his client (wife) that he wasn't eligible to represent her.
"Our two-party system is like a bowl of shit looking at itself in a mirror." - Lewis Black
Okay, first, the Judge who originally told Prenda to shove it has come under fire for pornography downloads. So we have a company who makes a living off getting people's internet download history now trying to weasel out of it, and coincidentally the Judge behind it finds his download history being made public. How coincidentally is left as an excercise for the reader to determine.
So, because the judiciary is very conservative, his appointment is being suspended until the allegations are cleared. Now here's the kicker -- moral "turpitude" isn't a crime, but it is a reason to deny a judge an appointment. Out of an abundance of caution, the judge is also being asked to drop some cases from his roster where the involved parties are obviously looking for appeals and dragging out the legal process and they don't want the judge's "moral turpitude" to come under fire in those select cases as a reason to further either parties' political or legal maneuvering. That's fair.
It's especially fair when you consider Prenda tried exploiting this very thing in their own litigation. Obviously, the appeals court saw right through this and said not just no, but "Hell no." So they've managed to make the judge's life difficult by trafficking in sleeze. But what do you expect from a business that depends on sleeze for its profits?
#fuckbeta #iamslashdot #dicemustdie
The /. summary is just short of 60% of the article! (By word count.)
Quattuor res in hoc mundo sanctae sunt: libri, liberi, libertas et liberalitas.
The roasted flesh of sanctioned lawyers is like sweet, tangy, smokey, savory BBQ baby back ribs. I just made myself hungry. More lawyers on the coals!
You can dance if you want to.
The summary didn't do a good job of explaining the appellate court order in this case. The judges were essentially saying that the issue was not ripe for consideration at their level, because Hansmeier needs to make the request in district court and have it denied there first. He can appeal the district court's refusal to issue a stay, but only after that decision is actually made.
Good one, judges. Please follow it thru to the completion and make an example out of these vile cretins.
Fuck systemd. Fuck Redhat. Fuck Soylent, too. Wait, scratch the last one.
Moral Turpitude is a prerequisite for copyright and patent attorneys.
His morals may be fucked but his tears taste like honey..
"Will this never-ending series of PLEASURABLE EVENTS never cease?"
"> 3 stage shockingly objectionable protest
That's a matter of opinion."
Of course it is. However, that's a fatuous and empty statement of absolutely no worth whatsoever.
It is a matter of opinion whether rape and murder is objectionable. The rapist things it was fine.
Captain Rum: "there are two schools of thought on having a crew, I say you don't, EVERYONE else says you do!"
for that is indeed what is happening here. crook lawyers running a RICO are finally losing their meal ticket. woo hoo!
if this is supposed to be a new economy, how come they still want my old fashioned money?
free lawn service and snowblowing for life! bring it on.
if this is supposed to be a new economy, how come they still want my old fashioned money?
a world unto their own, praise the Lord. they really should retire to an island with no communication to the rest of the world and protest themselves to perfect their drooliness.
if this is supposed to be a new economy, how come they still want my old fashioned money?
like Fields studied the Bible. "looking for loopholes."
if this is supposed to be a new economy, how come they still want my old fashioned money?