Judge: Righthaven masquerading as a company

[rayofreason]

Source: Vegas Inc

A judge today fined newspaper copyright lawsuit filer Righthaven LLC of Las Vegas $5,000 for misleading a federal court about its lawsuits.

A Righthaven attorney, Shawn Mangano, said after a hearing before U.S. District Judge Roger Hunt that the firm may appeal the sanction and that its lawsuits will continue.

Hunt said Righthaven deliberately failed to disclose the owner of the Las Vegas Review-Journal shares in Righthaven’s lawsuit revenue. But, without explanation, Hunt didn’t sanction any of the Righthaven attorneys that may have been responsible for the misrepresentation........

.......Hunt dismissed Righthaven’s lawsuit against the Democratic Underground June 14 because of the standing issue and at that time threatened sanctions, saying Righthaven had made “multiple inaccurate and likely dishonest statements to the court.”

Read more: http://www.vegasinc.com/news/2011/jul/14/judge-fines-righthaven-5000-misleading-court-over-/

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Assholes get their ass handed to them. I am quite pleased with the role that the DU has played in bring on the collapse of this edifice of bottom-feeders.

[somone]

1. Damn leeches should be thrown in jail

[Lurks Often]

2. I'd rather seem them disbarred and forced to find a real job,

instead of us wasting money housing and feeding them in jail.

[ixion]

3. A "likely dishonest statement" is perjury

or contempt, at the least.

[SpiralHawk]

4. Righthaven embodies Republicon Family Cesspool Values

No competence, no integrity, no honor.

[PoliticAverse]

5. Well done. n/t

[Brother Buzz]

6. When it rains, it pours

There are times when a little Schadenfreude is good for the soul. This is one such time.

:rofl:

[Ian David]

7. That link is broken. This one works...

http://www.vegasinc.com/news/2011/jul/14/judge-fines-righthaven-5000-misleading-court-over-/

[Downwinder]

8. Still says "page not found."

[tblue37]

9. This link should work. (The other was missing a hyphen at the end.)

http://www.vegasinc.com/news/2011/jul/14/judge-fines-righthaven-5000-misleading-court-over-/

[Downwinder]

10. Shazam

[Javaman]

11. Don't fuck with the DU. nt

[Downwinder]

12. More Copyright trolls out there.

Lawsuit says grandma illegally downloaded porn

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2011/07/15/BUG51KA26R.DTL&tsp=1

[myrna minx]

13. Excellent. K&R n/t