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Prenda Gets Hit Hard With Contempt Sanctions For Lying To Court

Posted by samzenpus on from the long-arm-of-the-law dept.

walterbyrd writes: Team Prenda has been beaten up by the courts once again. Given all of the flat out deceit, it's actually a bit anti-climactic that the court has ordered sanctions of just $65,263 against Steele and Hansmeier for contempt of court. As for the obstruction of discovery, the court orders Duffy and Steele to pay Booth Sweet's costs, which the lawyers are told to submit. Some people are still wondering why none of this pattern of deceit, lying and abuse of the court system has not resulted in anything more serious.

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  1. Don't assume we all know what Prenda is by wonkey_monkey · · Score: 1, Insightful

    A little hint about what Prenda is and why they're in court would've been nice. We can't all read and recall every single Slashdot story that has come before.

    And no, I shouldn't "Google it" or "RTFA." That's the whole point of a summary (and the article isn't much more informative, in any case). I should be able to work out whether I'm interested in reading the story without resorting to another source.

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  2. Re:Is there one lawyer who isn't a lying fuck? by sjames · · Score: 4, Insightful

    We condemn the entire industry because those are just a drop in the bucket of bad experiances. It seems the bad apples spoil the remaining 10%.

  3. Re:Prenda? by idontgno · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Not paying the settlements levied against them.

    This is the crux of the current brouhaha. The Prenda weasels are blowing off settlements, claiming extreme poverty while desperately shoving huge amounts of money into wholly-owned shell companies and hidden bank accounts.

    I want to ask "why are these walking cancer tumors still breathing?", but that's a little extreme. Just a little.

    Why are they walking around free? In a just world, they'd be cooling their heels behind bars.

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  4. Re:Prenda? by stabiesoft · · Score: 3, Insightful

    In a just world, they'd be dead. They have already proven they will do it again.

  5. Just disbarred by phorm · · Score: 3, Insightful

    The saddest part of the whole mess (other than all the people that they bilked out of thousands of dollars) is that they still haven't been disbarred.

    Screw disbarred, I'm thinking that they should be imprisoned
    * Identity theft
    * Perjury
    * (possible) Racketeering
    * Failing to comply with a court order
    * etc