Nevada State Bar still reviewing grievances against Righthaven

A federal judge’s comment that Las Vegas-based copyright enforcer Righthaven LLC likely engaged in deceitful and dishonest conduct has not gone unnoticed by the State Bar of Nevada.

The State Bar regulates attorneys. Since September or earlier, it has been looking into multiple grievances involving Righthaven and its CEO, Las Vegas attorney Steven Gibson. Righthaven says it has obtained copyrights from the Las Vegas Review-Journal and the Denver Post and has filed 274 infringement lawsuits over those copyrights since March 2010.

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-- Whether Righthaven and its attorneys have engaged in champerty and barratry – generally defined as the improper incitement and prosecution of lawsuits by parties with no real interest in the outcome – and that hope to profit by such lawsuits.

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-- Whether Righthaven and its attorneys have made misrepresentations to the court. If true, that would appear to be a violation of the Nevada Supreme Court’s Rules of Professional Conduct.

http://www.vegasinc.com/news/2011/jun/16/state-bar-still-reviewing-grievances-against-right/