Righthaven May Be Going Bankrupt

A Nevada judge has ordered it to pay major legal fees

Copyright troll Righthaven—which was just dropped by one of its two clients,  Denver-based MediaNews Group—may have to file for bankruptcy after facing a series of failed lawsuits. According to Vegas Inc., Righthaven disclosed its precarious position in an emergency request it filed with a federal judge in Las Vegas, who had demanded that the company pay $34,045 in legal fees to the attorneys defending a man sued by Righthaven.

Righthaven had launched a lawsuit against Wayne Hoehn for posting a column from the Las Vegas Review-Journal (owned by Righthaven client Stephens Media; incidentally, the Stephens family owns half of Righthaven) on a sports betting website message board.

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