Litigation

Good Man Productions lawsuits
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38 Good Man Productions Lawsuits filed in Florida

Thanks to a Twitter tip-off from @DieTrollDie, we have learned of 38 new Good Man Productions lawsuits.  All 38 lawsuits were filed by Plaintiff “Good Man Productions, Inc.” for the alleged downloading of movies via the BitTorrent protocol, and all appear to have been filed by and through the same attorney who has also been representing Malibu Media, LLC in hundreds of similar…

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Should I file a lawsuit: Learning to Pick Your Battles
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Should I File a Lawsuit (and Learning to Pick Your Battles)

I talk to many people who have sought out an attorney because they’re angry. They’ve been wronged. They’re done with this $#!%! They want to sue.  They ask: Should I file a lawsuit? If you’re in this position, you may not be considering the expense, time, and stress involved in filing a lawsuit.  And for good reason,…

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false police report
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Is filing a false police report defamation? (Qualified privilege in Florida)

This is a question I get asked with relative frequency.  In most cases, the answer is no: The fact that someone made a false police report does not mean that those statements will be found to be defamation (libel or slander).  The reason is that, in Florida, statements to police enjoy a “qualified privilege” from defamation. Pursuant to the…

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