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Subject: Re: Moderation: Defamatory post. [OT]

Author: Robert Hyatt

Date: 11:04:18 01/08/04

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On January 08, 2004 at 12:55:19, Steve Maughan wrote:

>Christophe,
>
>[snip]
>>...And you would lose and have to pay for all the legal fees.
>
>This is the case under British law but, as I understand it, it's not the case
>for US law where everyone pays their own costs.  On this one I prefer the
>British system.  The US system seems to have the dynamic that if you have money
>you can bully other since they will need to find cash to defend themselves.
>Maybe this is the reason why there are so many lawyers in the US (~10% of my
>phone book is 'Lawyers')
>
>Steve

You can counter-sue for "damages", which in this case would be attorney's
fees...  That happens often enough.

• Re: Moderation: Defamatory post. [OT] Steve Maughan 14:10:00 01/08/04
• Re: Moderation: Defamatory post. [OT] Mark R. Anderson 12:54:31 01/08/04
  • Re: Moderation: Defamatory post. [OT] Robert Hyatt 13:17:25 01/08/04
  • Re: Moderation: Defamatory post. [OT] Bob Durrett 13:01:24 01/08/04
    • Re: Moderation: Defamatory post. [OT] Robert Hyatt 13:19:05 01/08/04
      • Re: Moderation: Defamatory post. [OT] Bob Durrett 13:23:24 01/08/04

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