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Lelia Wakawaka
Registered User
Join date: 28 Jan 2006
Posts: 109
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11-02-2007 13:33
From: Susanne Pascale LOL !! Very, very few large firm lawyers have ACTUAL trial experience. They are good at generating large amounts of billable paperwork butonly themost senior partners have any trial experience. for trial experience, you are better off with small or mid sized firms.
the nick name "Sooz" has nothing to do with my profession..its just short for Susie.
Sooz Erm ... I work for a very large firm, and we *do* have a LOT of actual trial experience. =) |
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Bradley Bracken
Goodbye, Farewell, Amen
Join date: 2 Apr 2007
Posts: 3,856
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11-02-2007 13:38
From: Trout Recreant QFT. Plus, a large firm is not going to touch a case involving defamation in SL. There is no reasonable hope of recovery. Defamation is a very difficult cause of action to prove. The standard of proff is higher than other civil actions, there are several elements, so it is technically complex, and when the defendants are journalists, public policy favors allowing them more freedom to report, so everything weighs against you.
In addition to proving defamation, you need to prove damages. Good luck. Actual quantifiable damages in a defamation case are difficult, even when you take SL out of the picture and place the entire case in the real world. Keep in mind that you will have to prove damages in a large enough amount to make it worth sustaining the litigation. Expect the journalist to fight back and to have deeper pockets. Litigation like this, with experts and a full raft of discovery will run, in my jurisdiction, $50,000 to $100,000 before appeals, and that's for a longshot case. See, Trout, you are able to post a serious response from time to time. I think you said it incredibly well. Who knows, I could eat my words later but if no legal action has been taken regarding the entire Ginko scam then what attorney is willing to waste their time on this? I've watched the video a couple of times now. Unless I missed it somehow, not a single avatar mentioned by name. You definitely couldnt sue based on an avatar look since I could look like anyone else here if I wanted. Only the owners of the places mentioned could even possibly consider legal action, and my personal opinion is they'd be wasting their time. If anything, they'll be bringing a lot more attention to the sexual aspect of SL, more delving into possible pedophilia and in the end would be worse for everyone.
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Trout Recreant
Public Enemy No. 1
Join date: 24 Jul 2007
Posts: 4,873
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11-02-2007 13:48
From: Bradley Bracken See, Trout, you are able to post a serious response from time to time. I think you said it incredibly well. It was an accident. I swear.
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Tegg Bode
FrootLoop Roo Overlord
Join date: 12 Jan 2007
Posts: 5,707
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11-02-2007 13:48
From: uzi Under I don't think this is an unreasonable place to look or ask. Out of the thousands of players, there must be some lawyers?? or someone that knows or lives or works with someone suitable. On top of that, someone else here (as already stated) might be trying the same thing (whatever it is) and have a recomendation.
Be encouraged Tiberious, whoever you are! - U2. Who's alt is Tiberious anyway, so we have to drag this to court screaming and kicking like noob dragged by a panther to find out? We need more to go on if the OP wants this dram to unfold completely.
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Lindal Kidd
Dances With Noobs
Join date: 26 Jun 2007
Posts: 8,371
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11-02-2007 14:26
From: Qie Niangao 1. Lindal Kidd and Kidd Krasner are two different people! Well, yeah, of course we are. /me looks over at Kidd Krasner Was there ever any doubt? But, uh, in the interests of scientific accuracy and all, I have to point out that there's actually been no PROOF of that. I might be both of us, and just talking to myself. Arguing with myself, actually. LOSING the argument with myself. God, can it get any worse than this?  Oh no...I just thought of a way. Kidd Krasner might be both of us, and I could be just a figment of his imagination. Oh, the humanity. I think I've just crashed from my Halloween candy sugar high. 
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Chris Norse
Loud Arrogant Redneck
Join date: 1 Oct 2006
Posts: 5,735
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11-02-2007 14:32
/me gives Lindal some more candy.
It is ok, you can take it. 3Ring said I wasn't a stranger.
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