[WikiEN-l] Legal threats as grounds for automatic termination

Tue Jun 15 20:35:09 UTC 2004

Of course.  But the plaintiff will have to lay down his money first.  
That, as they say, will separate the men from the boys.  For a lawyer to 
take it on a contingency basis, he will need to see that the pockets are 
deep enough to make it worth his while.

Nobody here has come near to threatening me with a law suit.  If they 
tried to pull that, my reaction would be, "I dare you."
Ec

Fred Bauder wrote:

>I want to forstall filing of law suits, especially in federal courts (which
>can be quite arbitrary). A simple, essentially bogus, legal action in a
>federal court with associated appeal can easily cost the defendant $100,000
>or more.
>
>Fred
>
>  
>
>>From: Ray Saintonge
>>
>>I don't think that it's a question of what the Foundation has the legal
>>right to do.  Most of these "threats" of legal action are just a matter
>>of blowing off steam.  Many of these "disputes" don't come near to being
>>a part of arbitration procedure. Do you really want to make more work
>>for yourself than you already have? :-)
>>
>>Ec
>>
>>Fred Bauder wrote:
>>
>>    
>>
>>>What I want to do is to create an agreement that all disputes will be
>>>handled through our arbitration procedure, thus precluding any legal action
>>>other than possible appeal of an arbitration decision.  I don't think folks
>>>realize that we can legally do that.
>>>
>>>Fred
>>>      
>>>