Righthaven Continues to Fight Attorney's Fees; Case Against UK Website Operator Dismissed

Righthaven Fighting Demand for Attorney’s Fees

U.S. District Court Judge Philip Pro in Las Vegas on June 20 found Kentucky resident Wayne Hoehn was protected by fair use in posting an entire Las Vegas Review-Journal column on a sports website discussion board; and that Righthaven didn’t have standing to sue over the post. Righthaven is appealing.
Hoehn’s attorneys, in the meantime, are seeking recovery of their $34,000 in fees, saying Hoehn stood up to what they called Righthaven’s bullying lawsuit tactics and won a victory for fair use and free speech.
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U.S. District Judge James Mahan in Las Vegas dismissed a Righthaven lawsuit against Garry Newman, who is a resident of Great Britain and is associated with facepunch.com.

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Newman though, is still not free of Righthaven. Upon Mahan's dismissal of his case -- due to Righthaven's failure to respond by the deadline to Newman’s dismissal motion -- Righthaven responded with an emergency motion for reconsideration. In a separate case involving the R-J Vdara hotel "death ray" story, Mahan refused for a second time to dismiss a lawsuit against Azkar Choudhry and Pak.org. It is anticipated that Mahan will eventually dismiss that case based on lack of standing.

New Righthaven Victim Pushes Back; Azkar Choudhry of Pak.org Files Counterclaim

Website Owner Pushes Back Against Righthaven with Counterclaim

Another website owner is fighting back against newspaper copyright enforcement company Righthaven LLC, counter-suing the Las Vegas firm and charging it sues first and asks questions later.
A motion for dismissal and a counterclaim was filed against Righthaven on Wednesday in U.S. District Court for Nevada by Azkar Choudhry and his Pak.Org website, which were sued by Righthaven on Dec. 13.
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In his counterclaim, Choudhry accused Righthaven of "champerty," or an improper arrangement where a party with no interest in a lawsuit agrees to finance and bear the expense of litigation in exchange for a portion of the proceeds.

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Choudhry added that, "Righthaven uses the threat of statutory damages, domain name seizures and attorneys fees to extract low-value settlements from defendants," and that, "Stephens Media would not have brought this action but for Righthaven’s intermeddling." Choudhry is represented by attorney Chris Ridder of Ridder, Costa & Johnstone LLP (CA) and attorney Chad Bowers (NV).