Comments on: In-depth Article on the Autoadmit Lawsuit http://www.concurringopinions.com/archives/2009/02/indepth_article.html The Law, the Universe, and Everything Tue, 14 Feb 2012 05:18:12 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Marc J. Randazza http://www.concurringopinions.com/archives/2009/02/indepth_article.html/comment-page-1#comment-44465 Marc J. Randazza Thu, 19 Feb 2009 00:17:53 +0000 http://www.solove.org/archives/2009/02/in-depth-article-on-the-autoadmit-lawsuit.html#comment-44465 You're using the AutoAdmit complaint in Civ Pro? <a href="http://online.wsj.com/public/resources/documents/aaComplaint.pdf" rel="nofollow">This complaint?</a> Please tell me you're using it as a negative example. You’re using the AutoAdmit complaint in Civ Pro? This complaint?

Please tell me you’re using it as a negative example.

]]> By: Howard Wasserman http://www.concurringopinions.com/archives/2009/02/indepth_article.html/comment-page-1#comment-44464 Howard Wasserman Thu, 12 Feb 2009 23:41:29 +0000 http://www.solove.org/archives/2009/02/in-depth-article-on-the-autoadmit-lawsuit.html#comment-44464 I would have liked to have seen a bit more about whether many or most of the comments are actionable, as opposed to being just reprehensible and obnoxious (which generally is not unlawful or tortious). Is this an example of gaining relatively small settlements because defendants want to avoid embarrassment, without regard to the real merit of the claims? That said, I am using the AutoAdmit complaint in Civ Pro and this story lends context that you cannot always get from reading a bare-bones complaint. I would have liked to have seen a bit more about whether many or most of the comments are actionable, as opposed to being just reprehensible and obnoxious (which generally is not unlawful or tortious). Is this an example of gaining relatively small settlements because defendants want to avoid embarrassment, without regard to the real merit of the claims?

That said, I am using the AutoAdmit complaint in Civ Pro and this story lends context that you cannot always get from reading a bare-bones complaint.

]]> By: JP http://www.concurringopinions.com/archives/2009/02/indepth_article.html/comment-page-1#comment-44463 JP Thu, 12 Feb 2009 21:16:16 +0000 http://www.solove.org/archives/2009/02/in-depth-article-on-the-autoadmit-lawsuit.html#comment-44463 Very interesting. I was surprised it identified so many names. I had though the plaintiffs sued as Jane Does? (I assume their identities weren't hard to determine, but I think that was the first time I had seen them). It also ID'd several defendants, who (unless I missed something) had apparently settled in exchange for promises not to out them. This article would seem to decrease the incentive for the remaining defendants to privately settle. Very interesting. I was surprised it identified so many names. I had though the plaintiffs sued as Jane Does? (I assume their identities weren’t hard to determine, but I think that was the first time I had seen them). It also ID’d several defendants, who (unless I missed something) had apparently settled in exchange for promises not to out them. This article would seem to decrease the incentive for the remaining defendants to privately settle.

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