My lawyer's letter to Jonathan Monsarrat's lawyers

[ron_newman]

My lawyer, Dan Booth of Booth Sweet LLP in Cambridge, sent this 18-page letter to Jonathan Monsarrat's lawyers this afternoon. The letter details all the reasons that he considers the lawsuit against me to be groundless, and demands that Monsarrat's lawyers dismiss the case with prejudice by the end of business on Thursday.

If they don't voluntarily drop the case (which they probably won't), Dan Booth will file a motion for dismissal on Monday, using mostly the same arguments that are in this letter. He may also move for sanctions against Monsarrat's lawyers "for bringing bad faith claims."

He gave me full permission to put this letter online and to distribute it in whatever way I see fit. Feel free to point other people at it or to distribute it further.

Comments

[unferth.livejournal.com]

As long as we're proofreading - page 8, first paragraph:
"A hyperlink, even to a defamatory article, does constitute a republication of the article." Missing a "not" between "does" and "constitute".

[ron_newman]

Thanks for noticing this! We need to make sure to fix it before it becomes part of the motion for dismissal.

[unferth.livejournal.com]

I do hope that our legal system, while understandably detail-oriented, is not so fragile as to allow typos like this to compromise an argument. But presumably it's best to spot the types as soon as possible.

[einstein9073.livejournal.com]

spot the *typos

:D

speaking of correcting silly typos (http://www.explosm.net/comics/3142/)

[shmuel.livejournal.com]

Also, at the bottom of the first page, "anytime" should be "any time".