Jack Thompson – Overlawyered https://www.overlawyered.com/ Chronicling the high cost of our legal system Wed, 07 Oct 2009 19:04:14 +0000 en-US hourly 1 Jack Thompson sues Facebook https://www.overlawyered.com/2009/10/jack-thompson-sues-facebook/ https://www.overlawyered.com/2009/10/jack-thompson-sues-facebook/#comments Tue, 06 Oct 2009 04:23:19 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/?p=14030 The disbarred lawyer and anti-videogame crusader says the social networking site is responsible for tolerating user posts that he says constitute physical threats to his well-being. [PC Mag, Ken at Popehat] More: Citizen Media Law. Tags: Facebook, Jack Thompson

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]]> The disbarred lawyer and anti-videogame crusader says the social networking site is responsible for tolerating user posts that he says constitute physical threats to his well-being. [PC Mag, Ken at Popehat] More: Citizen Media Law.

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]]> https://www.overlawyered.com/2009/10/jack-thompson-sues-facebook/feed/ 1 April 24 roundup https://www.overlawyered.com/2009/04/april-24-roundup-3/ https://www.overlawyered.com/2009/04/april-24-roundup-3/#comments Fri, 24 Apr 2009 19:59:04 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/?p=10783 The customer who couldn’t be stopped? “Family of car salesman killed in 90 mph test drive gets $13M” [Obscure Store] Arizona bar disciplinary authorities move toward possible suspension for two high-volume consumer lawyers [ABA Journal] Trial begins on claim U.S. Army Corps of Engineers liable for Katrina levee breaks [John Schwartz, New York Times] Always […]

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  • The customer who couldn’t be stopped? “Family of car salesman killed in 90 mph test drive gets $13M” [Obscure Store]
  • Arizona bar disciplinary authorities move toward possible suspension for two high-volume consumer lawyers [ABA Journal]
  • Trial begins on claim U.S. Army Corps of Engineers liable for Katrina levee breaks [John Schwartz, New York Times]
  • Always good for copy: now Jack Thompson is riling Utah lawmakers [GameSpot]
  • America’s Most Irresponsible Public Figure® (that’d be RFK Jr.) is now blasting Obama [Brian Ross, ABCNews.com “Blotter” via ShopFloor]
  • “Burning of Surreal Boat Sparks $1M Artists Rights Suit” [Heller/OnPoint News]
  • Nice profile of author Philip K. Howard [The New Yorker] And a big spread from the Examiner’s Quin Hillyer including a Howard profile, some tidbits on Washington politics and why overly legalistic schools can’t teach.
  • Law firm of Dewey, Cheatham, & Howe moves into Somali pirate defense [satire, h/t @trafficcourt]
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    ]]>     https://www.overlawyered.com/2009/04/april-24-roundup-3/feed/ 1     Rehabilitating Jack Thompson? https://www.overlawyered.com/2009/02/rehabilitating-jack-thompson/ https://www.overlawyered.com/2009/02/rehabilitating-jack-thompson/#comments Thu, 05 Feb 2009 04:46:53 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/?p=8809 If Salt Lake City’s Deseret News must run anti-videogame screeds, couldn’t it find authors to write them who are not, you know, disgraced and disbarred? Tags: Jack Thompson, Utah

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    ]]>     If Salt Lake City’s Deseret News must run anti-videogame screeds, couldn’t it find authors to write them who are not, you know, disgraced and disbarred?

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    ]]>     https://www.overlawyered.com/2009/02/rehabilitating-jack-thompson/feed/ 1     Jack Thompson disbarred https://www.overlawyered.com/2008/09/jack-thompson-disbarred/ https://www.overlawyered.com/2008/09/jack-thompson-disbarred/#comments Fri, 26 Sep 2008 14:20:57 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/?p=7597 The Miami anti-videogame crusader may still carry on with his bullying and tantrums, but it won’t be as an officer of the court any more. The order takes effect in 30 days. (Kotaku, ShackNews). More: Thompson’s counterattack includes a suit naming dozens of bar officials and others as defendants (ABA Journal). Tags: Jack Thompson

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    ]]>     The Miami anti-videogame crusader may still carry on with his bullying and tantrums, but it won’t be as an officer of the court any more. The order takes effect in 30 days. (Kotaku, ShackNews). More: Thompson’s counterattack includes a suit naming dozens of bar officials and others as defendants (ABA Journal).

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    ]]>     https://www.overlawyered.com/2008/09/jack-thompson-disbarred/feed/ 1     The Jack Thompson report https://www.overlawyered.com/2008/07/the-jack-thompson-report/ https://www.overlawyered.com/2008/07/the-jack-thompson-report/#comments Sun, 13 Jul 2008 04:04:49 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/?p=7268 In a 169-page report (PDF at GamePolitics, courtesy Escapist), Judge Dava Tunis has explained her recommendation that anti-videogame crusader Jack Thompson, a regular on this site for many years, be permanently disbarred with no chance of reinstatement. Thompson’s personal abusiveness, Tunis found, is part of a “pattern of conduct to strike out harshly, extensively, repeatedly […]

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    ]]>     In a 169-page report (PDF at GamePolitics, courtesy Escapist), Judge Dava Tunis has explained her recommendation that anti-videogame crusader Jack Thompson, a regular on this site for many years, be permanently disbarred with no chance of reinstatement. Thompson’s personal abusiveness, Tunis found, is part of a “pattern of conduct to strike out harshly, extensively, repeatedly and willfully to simply try to bring as much difficulty, distraction and anguish to those he considers in opposition to his causes.” (Escapist, Daily Business Review, Kotaku; related, GamePolitics (opposing lawyer found Thompson’s personal attacks the “emotional equivalent of stalking”)).

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    ]]>     https://www.overlawyered.com/2008/07/the-jack-thompson-report/feed/ 2     Losing patience with Jonathan Lee Riches https://www.overlawyered.com/2008/06/losing-patience-with-jonathan-lee-riches/ https://www.overlawyered.com/2008/06/losing-patience-with-jonathan-lee-riches/#comments Tue, 01 Jul 2008 01:56:14 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/?p=7222 The federal judges in the Northern District of Georgia decided to place curbs on the famously litigious inmate who’s filed more than 1,000 lawsuits nationwide naming celebrities and politicians as members of hallucinatory cabals against him. In March the judges enjoined him from filing more suits without permission in the district, which he can do […]

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    ]]>     The federal judges in the Northern District of Georgia decided to place curbs on the famously litigious inmate who’s filed more than 1,000 lawsuits nationwide naming celebrities and politicians as members of hallucinatory cabals against him. In March the judges enjoined him from filing more suits without permission in the district, which he can do only if he agrees to be prosecuted for false statements. (Miami Daily Business Review, Jun. 12, also with some discussion of Jack Thompson and of a few other Florida litigants who’ve had their acts shut down after filing (e.g.) 18, 20 and 60+ meritless or inappropriate actions.)

    The order in the Northern District of Georgia has not prevented Riches from continuing to file lawsuits against celebrities and public figures elsewhere, as in the federal District of South Carolina. (Rachel Barron, “Vinod Khosla Slapped With $43M Lawsuit”, Greentech Media, Jun. 20).

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    ]]>     https://www.overlawyered.com/2008/06/losing-patience-with-jonathan-lee-riches/feed/ 1     June 18 roundup https://www.overlawyered.com/2008/06/june-18-roundup/ https://www.overlawyered.com/2008/06/june-18-roundup/#comments Wed, 18 Jun 2008 14:43:43 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/?p=7178 Are plaintiffs’ attorneys judge-shopping by filing and dismissing and refiling identical class-action complaints in the highly-publicized restaurant menu case against Applebee’s? [Cal Biz Lit] You won’t be surprised that most of the nine worst business stories picked by BMI involve spoon-feeding by plaintiffs’ attorneys to a credulous press. [Business & Media Institute] “There’s no justification […]

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  • Are plaintiffs’ attorneys judge-shopping by filing and dismissing and refiling identical class-action complaints in the highly-publicized restaurant menu case against Applebee’s? [Cal Biz Lit]
    • You won’t be surprised that most of the nine worst business stories picked by BMI involve spoon-feeding by plaintiffs’ attorneys to a credulous press. [Business & Media Institute]
    • “There’s no justification whatsoever for the agency to take any kind of action,” said Julie Vallese, a spokeswoman for the Consumer Product Safety Commission. “The claims being made about the dangers of shower curtains are phantasmagorical. It’s ridiculous.” Yeah, but the lawsuits are bound to happen anyway. [NY Daily News]
    • Jack Thompson stays in the news when U.S. Marshals pay him a visit after a letter to a judge. [GamePolitics (h/t J.L.)]
    • “A City lawyer who is demanding £19 million in compensation for work-place bullying faked a nervous breakdown to secure a larger payout, an employment tribunal was told.” [London Times via ATL]
    • Did defensive medicine almost kill a patient when doctor worries more about potential lawsuit than whether nurse could save patient’s life? Heck if I know, but the underlying medicine is debated in the comments. [EM Physician blog]
    • Hair-stylist fined £4,000 for “hurt feelings” after refusing to hire a Muslim stylist who wouldn’t show her hair at work. [Daily Mail (h/t Slim); earlier on Overlawyered]
    • Disturbing turn in the Adam Reposa disciplinary hearing over his obscene gesture in court: state bar introduces satirical magazine as evidence because they “thought it was indicative of Reposa’s lack of respect for the law and the court system.” [Texas Lawyer/law.com] Mind you, this is the same Texas legal discipline system that refused to take action against Fred Baron and gave a slap on the wrist to the lawyers who tried to fake evidence in a product liability suit against Chrysler. As long as your priorities are straight.
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    ]]>     https://www.overlawyered.com/2008/06/june-18-roundup/feed/ 3     Jack Thompson storms out of court https://www.overlawyered.com/2008/06/jack-thompson-storms-out-of-court/ https://www.overlawyered.com/2008/06/jack-thompson-storms-out-of-court/#comments Wed, 11 Jun 2008 17:24:12 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/?p=7139 Ted earlier linked to an audio of the hearing, but GamePolitics.com has now posted a transcript. Tags: Jack Thompson

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    ]]>     Ted earlier linked to an audio of the hearing, but GamePolitics.com has now posted a transcript.

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    ]]>     https://www.overlawyered.com/2008/06/jack-thompson-storms-out-of-court/feed/ 2     Florida Bar recommends disbarment for Jack Thompson https://www.overlawyered.com/2008/06/florida-bar-recommends-disbarment-for-jack-thompson/ https://www.overlawyered.com/2008/06/florida-bar-recommends-disbarment-for-jack-thompson/#comments Thu, 05 Jun 2008 17:44:39 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/?p=7104 Overlawyered will have a little less to write about when the Florida Supreme Court implements the recommendation from the Florida Bar. The Daily Business Review (via Above the Law) has full coverage, including audio of the hearing; in the comments to the DBR story, Thompson is once again promising law enforcement will come to his […]

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    ]]>     Overlawyered will have a little less to write about when the Florida Supreme Court implements the recommendation from the Florida Bar. The Daily Business Review (via Above the Law) has full coverage, including audio of the hearing; in the comments to the DBR story, Thompson is once again promising law enforcement will come to his rescue. Jack Thompson, of course, was a regular subject of Overlawyered coverage; click on the tag to remember his greatest hits.

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    ]]>     https://www.overlawyered.com/2008/06/florida-bar-recommends-disbarment-for-jack-thompson/feed/ 5     Judge: Jack Thompson guilty on 27 of 31 violations https://www.overlawyered.com/2008/05/judge-jack-thompson-guilty-on-27-of-31-violations/ https://www.overlawyered.com/2008/05/judge-jack-thompson-guilty-on-27-of-31-violations/#comments Wed, 21 May 2008 23:47:02 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/?p=7021 “Miami-Dade Circuit Judge Dava Tunis concluded Thompson made false statements to tribunals, disparaged and humiliated litigants and other lawyers, and improperly practiced law outside the state of Florida.” The judge recommended sanctions, on which a hearing is scheduled for June 4. (Daily Business Review; GamePolitics.com). Tags: Jack Thompson

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    ]]>     “Miami-Dade Circuit Judge Dava Tunis concluded Thompson made false statements to tribunals, disparaged and humiliated litigants and other lawyers, and improperly practiced law outside the state of Florida.” The judge recommended sanctions, on which a hearing is scheduled for June 4. (Daily Business Review; GamePolitics.com).

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