aboyd - 6:26 pm on Oct 28, 2004 (gmt 0)

Hi centrifugal. I had a bad run-in with barratry, and asked for some help.

For me, the basic gist was: be concerned, but be as legalistic as they are. The second someone "lawyers up" you do too. No more talking except through lawyers. No more intimidation, no more grace-period, no more exceptions -- they demand something, they have to give a solid legal basis for it. Once I fought back in that regard, the problem just died. Basically, I said: "you keep hinting at legal threats. So fine, instead of appealing to human courtesy, you can appeal to case law. If you want to talk to me anymore, get a lawyer."

I still got nasty little messages from them, but nothing came from a lawyer, so all their messages were left unanswered. Eventually, they gave up. It was all a bluff. If it hadn't been a bluff, I was ready to do whatever I had to in order to comply with the law, but nothing more.

[edited by: stuntdubl at 12:34 pm (utc) on Oct. 29, 2004]
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