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This is a good step towards restoring faith in the US court system. There have been a significant number of high profile, large scale abuses of civil litigation
by jimrandomh 11y ago
This is a good step towards restoring faith in the US court system. There have been a significant number of high profile, large scale abuses of civil litigation lately. I'd started to think of the US courts as participants in a protection racket. Knocking down the lawyers behind a few of those is a significant positive step.
- ObviousScience 11y agoPrenda Law in particular has taken a beating, largely stemming from them attempting to defraud the court and refusing to comply with court orders. The conduct of the Prenda Law group was so bad, the attorney representing them in California was allowed by the judge to withdraw midcase and cease to represent key members of Prenda Law once it became clear the extent to which Prenda Law had commited fraud and the extent to which they'd lied to their counsel. Multiple federal judges wrote in their orders that they hoped that Prenda Law's conduct would be investigated in this or that regard. It turns out that if you go on a systematic plan of fraud and then refusing court summons or abiding by orders and fines, eventually, other people like the FBI will take an interest in you too.