Cash4Gold Drops Lawsuit Against Consumerist… Still Suing Whistleblowers
from the dear-streisand... dept
It looks like the folks over at Cash4Gold have finally realized that it wasn’t a particularly smart move to sue Consumerist for reporting on various allegations made against Cash4Gold. The company has dropped that part of the lawsuit, though it continues to sue the ex-employees it accuses of both defamation and “publishing any more confidential, proprietary information” (and, note, they don’t say which info was defamatory or which was confidential and proprietary). Consumerist makes it very clear that this wasn’t a settlement. They didn’t ask to be dropped from the case or agree to anything. One would guess that somewhere down the line a lawyer explained to Cash4Gold that its likelihood of winning such a case was about as close to zero as you could imagine…
Filed Under: defamation, whistleblower
Companies: cash4gold, consumer reports, consumerist
Comments on “Cash4Gold Drops Lawsuit Against Consumerist… Still Suing Whistleblowers”
Not only would C4G have lost against consumerist, but having a consumerist as a party meant that the other two defendants would have an ally of sorts with deep pockets and plenty of Anti-SLAP litigation experience: consumerist owner Consumer Reports.
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Which isn’t to say that they still don’t have the support of Consumerist/Consumer Reports.
Or of anyone else with a little common sense.
Broken law
And again, any legal system that lets “entities” like corporations sue for defamation is fundamentally broken.
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And again, any legal system that lets “entities” like corporations sue for defamation is fundamentally broken.
Smartest thing I have read all day.
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I take offense at you calling me broken. Except a lawsuit!
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Blah, expect*
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Wasn’t there a case some time ago where some corp claimed it had the same rights as a person? I do not recall the details, but I think they claimed the right to free speech
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You may be thinking of this:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santa_Clara_County_v._Southern_Pacific_Railroad
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http://www.faqs.org/abstracts/News-opinion-and-commentary/Ruling-frees-phone-concerns-to-enter-cable-TV-business-Baby-Bell-fights-cable-law-citing-right-to-fr.html
I find it interesting that a corporation has the right to free speech. This makes no sense. How does a corp speak, as it is not a living being. Is its speech similar to that of a mannequin ? Everyone can see the ventriloquist’s lips moving and only small childeren are fooled.
Suggestion
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