Joel Schneider is a federal magistrate judge for the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey.
Litigation tactics employed by a frequent filer of copyright infringement suits faced heavy criticism in a new ruling by a federal judge in New Jersey.
Prejudice to defendants and the administration of justice outweigh the interest of plaintiff Strike 3 Holdings in obtaining expedited discovery in a group of piracy suits against John Doe defendants, U.S. Magistrate Judge Joel Schneider of the District of New Jersey ruled Oct. 24. Although expedited discovery has been granted to Strike 3 and other repeat copyright litigants in the past, new case law has been published and the court has learned of new material information that was not previously presented, Schneider said.
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