OP here. When I first saw that headline on Torrentfreak, and before even clicking on that link, I immediately thought "Prenda!" so I'm glad you linked to Ken White's excellent running commentary at Popehat on the long, sorry saga. Prenda Law was also covered well by Mike Masnick at Techdirt over the years: https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20150606/07053031246/team-... and also on the dearly departed Groklaw. A search here at HN yields a good amount of Prenda Law submissions from over the years.