2. Hire a lawyer.
It's been said, but there's not much value in discussing this in public; it just introduces risk/complication.
Are you really going to put any weight on insight gained from this thread? If not, the cost/benefit of keeping this up is out of whack.
In that case, the "benefit" become solely the name/shame which isn't an awesome reflection of professionalism, either.
2. Hire a lawyer.