It does kind of make you wonder how frequent tactics like "strawman defendant" or "made up hacking claims to get discovery" are used by other firms - because it sure seems like these guys got caught because they kept up these sorts of tactics relentlessly.
From that perspective, all the publicity surrounding this firm might actually make the problems associated with them worse. Other unscrupulous lawyers might study this and learn which specific mistakes not to make, rather than learning to avoid this model altogether.
Their primary error was arrogance, assuming that they were smarter than anyone challenging them even in the face of evidence to the contrary. I don't think there is a cure for that, short of US Marshals at your door with a warrant and handcuffs.
