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| Righthaven fined $5,000 for misleading NevadaÂ’s federal court |
| 2011-07-14 |
| A few highlights: A judge today fined newspaper copyright lawsuit filer Righthaven LLC of Las Vegas $5,000 for misleading Nevada’s federal court about its lawsuits. Besides the $5,000 sanction, Hunt ordered Righthaven to disclose its original lawsuit contract with Stephens Media in active lawsuits over Review-Journal material. He also ordered that a transcript of today’s hearing, in which he made several negative comments about Righthaven’s conduct, be posted on Righthaven court dockets. As word spreads among attorneys of the sanction, it may increase the chance that defendants that settled with Righthaven may reopen their cases – or separately sue Righthaven – on the theory settlements were made based on facts misrepresented by Righthaven. |
| Posted by:Free Radical |
| #6 Can Fred get his money back? |
| Posted by: OldSpook 2011-07-14 21:01 |
| #5 How about we de-barr the lawyers too? |
| Posted by: DarthVader 2011-07-14 18:12 |
| #4 Took the words right outta my keyboard, John. |
| Posted by: Mike 2011-07-14 18:08 |
| #3 Karma is a b!tch! |
| Posted by: JohnQC 2011-07-14 17:47 |
| #2 Unfortunately Righthaven is more or less a front organization designed to soak up a lot of the expenses while the profits go elsewhere. |
| Posted by: Thing From Snowy Mountain 2011-07-14 17:27 |
| #1 $5k isn't peanuts unless it is a multiplier, which hopefully, it is. The real goodness is when the lawyers are referred to the bar for barristry, etc. |
| Posted by: Anonymoose 2011-07-14 16:12 |