• CaptObvious@literature.cafe
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    2 months ago

    Looking a little behind the article, this appears to be a frivolous lawsuit by an organization with no Wikipedia page that files its taxes using EZ forms — perhaps a “non-profit” with a staff of one that operates from someone’s basement

    • tardigrade@scribe.disroot.org
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      2 months ago

      This is indeed a strange firm.

      It seems there is only one lawyer associated with it: Terry Collingsworth, the Founder and Executive Director of IRAdvocates. I couldn’t find anyone else in a quick search, although the firm claims to be active globally.

      I also found just 2 verdicts by that firm (both were dismissed by the court). One was covered by Reuters in an article in January 2026:

      On January 15, a federal jury in Alabama sided with coal producer Drummond and found Collingsworth and his firm liable for defamation and racketeering. The verdict capped a 24-year legal fight with Drummond, which accused Collingsworth of filing “fraudulent” lawsuits and orchestrating a scheme to pay witnesses to deliver false testimony linking Drummond to a Colombian paramilitary group responsible for killing hundreds of civilians …