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Subject: Re: Ever Been Sued?
From: Alan Deikman <alan @ znyx . com>
Date: Sat, 31 Jan 1998 10:29:11 -0800
To: list-managers @ GreatCircle . COM

>I have been threatened with suits a handful of times over list activities.
>They always go away because they have zero chance and they know it.  One
>of them even thought her Internet access fee paid for my list and
>threatened me over that which gave me a good chuckle and made up for her
>comparing me to Hitler.
>
>-- James Lick -- jlick@drivel.com -- http://drivel.com/jlick/ --

Just out of curiosity, what is it you did?

I came into this thread late, but has anyone pointed out
yet that it is *illegal* to threaten to sue someone?  If
you have access to any letters written by lawyers claiming
damages (usually a prepatory step to filing a complaint)
they ABSOLUTELY NEVER say "pay up or we will file a
lawsuit."   The reason is that it is against the rules
to do so.

What they say instead is "this is our damages -- we
will consider the matter settled if you pay it -- if
you do not we will consider our alternatives."  Or
a variation of that.

Regards,


--------------------------------
  Alan Deikman, ZNYX Corporation
  alan@znyx.com

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