Response to the verdict in the Malibu Media Bellwether Trial
My Response to the yet-to-be-written guilty verdict in the Malibu Media, LLC Bellwether Trial (PAED).
Jason Kotzker
Malibu targets the wealthy in their geolocation tracking.
Malibu Media targets rich neighborhoods, and introduces prejudicial character evidence into each case.
Why California Malibu Media Case Consolidations are Bad.
Case consolidations (until now) happened when a federal judge lumped together different cases which all suffered from the same flaws, e.g., improper jurisdiction, improper joinder, etc. and they dismissed them all in one order. This was a good thing! However, when a troll-friendly judge consolidates a plaintiff attorneys case to keep the cases alive, but to manage the dockets, e.g., to avoid inconsistent rulings, while this in itself is a good thing for the court (and for justice), it is a bad thing for the defendants accused in those copyright infringement cases.