In an order last week, Judge Kaplan denied a serial plaintiff attorney’s request that the judge recuse himself for referring to the plaintiff’s attorney as a “troll” in an opinion (see our previous coverage here). Judge Kaplan observed that the request was based on several inaccurate assertions:
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Copyright Lawyer Asks that Judge Kaplan Recuse Himself for Referring to Lawyer as “Troll”
By Michael Keough on
In a motion this week, a lawyer representing photographers in copyright suits asked that Judge Kaplan recuse himself after a recent order observed that other judges in the District had referred to the lawyer as a “copyright troll.” The order described the over one thousand cases filed by this particular lawyer as “strike suits, designed…