Lawyers under sanction for fraudulently filing dozens of copyright infringement lawsuits against people accused of downloading pornographic films have filed an appeal, as the attorneys who represented them before the sanctioning judge have disappeared from the case.
U.S. District Judge Otis Wright in Los Angeles referred four lawyers associated with a Chicago law firm called Prenda Law Inc. to licensing authorities for possible misconduct and to federal prosecutors for possible criminal violations of the U.S. Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act. He concluded that John Steele, Paul Hansmeier, Paul Duffy and Brett Gibbs "suffer from a form of moral turpitude unbecoming of an officer of the court."
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