False affidavits? This case gets more f***ed up by the minute.

F***ed up for S&C and Charney. Cha-ching for Stillman, Fasman and Bloom.

This post seems to be "taking sides" more than the last one did, as simply by posting it you're injecting an "S&C committed perjury!" meme into the public discussion of this case. Mr. Kennedy wouldn't be able to make such an allegation in court without a good-faith basis for believing it, but you're letting him essentially make that charge here without offering any backup for it. Be careful that you're not letting yourself be used for partisan ends, Lat.

I agree with 4:20. This is a really loaded post.

I agree with 420 too.

Wait, whaaaaaa?

OMG a 30 year old lawyer just jumped from the Empire State Building.

By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Published: April 13, 2007
Filed at 4:45 p.m. ET

NEW YORK (AP) -- A man jumped to his death Friday out the window of a 69th-floor law office in the Empire State Building.

Police responded to the New York City landmark shortly before 3 p.m. after a 911 caller reported seeing a severed leg -- covered in a gray sock -- on the street below. The rest of the body was recovered from a setback on the 30th floor.

The tragedy in the 102-story building closed portions of the busy Midtown Manhattan street while the investigation continued.

The name of victim, a lawyer in his 30s, was not immediately released.

More than 30 people have committed suicide at the Empire State Building since it opened in 1931, including a 21-year-old man in February 2006. The skyscraper reaches 1,454 feet to the top of its lightning rod.

Agreed with 4:20. This is a cheap shot.

have to agree with 4:20 too. ridiculously loaded.

omg I just realized how inappropriate that post was on this blog. Deeply sorry and mortified.

looks like a fishing expedition to me.

How is this inappropriate and/or loaded? Lat is the (self) annointed "keeper of all things Charney", and is therefore well within his rights to post this. In addition, it does not create bias, because those without first-hand knowledge should not infer that there are false affidavits.

I see. So now this blog is a tool for Charney's lawyers.

I think Nifong used this same tactic when prosecuting the duke rape case.

Who was the (briefly) flying GA? What firm?

5:48/"idiots" - no one has said that Lat isn't within his rights not to post this blatant propoganda. The point is that there is a difference between being a "clearing house" and being a tool. Is it possible to be a "clearning house" for all things Charney/Sullivan and Cromwell and *still* maintain some standards?

Seriously, 5:48, that "well within his rights" canard is the last refuge of the disingenuous sophist. "How dare you criticize me for what I say? I have a First Amendment right, dammit!" Of course Lat has the right to post whatever he wants here; it's his blog. But that doesn't mean that the rest of us can't criticize his choice to be complicit in this obvious effort to sway public opinion in favor of Charney.

I'd venture to say that impugning the motives of Charney's attorney is just as bad as being complicit in a pro-Charney PR effort!

Soliciting information for the blog is one thing; soliciting information for a litigant in an ongoing case is another.

If Charney's attorneys want info, why don't they just post their request in the comments sections like everybody else?

Lat: make sure your snooping is producing product for your audience; don't get drawn into participating in the stories that you're following. Charney lawyers: want to beg for information? Do it yourselves.

IF ANYONE HAS INFORMATION INDICATING THAT ANYONE YOU KNOW HAS DONE ANYTHING WRONG, PLEASE CONTACT THE APPROPRIATE AUTHORITIES AND TATTLE. MIND YOU, WE'RE NOT ACCUSING YOUR FRIENDS OF DOING ANYTHING WRONG, WE'RE JUST SAYING... IF THEY DID, YOU REALLY SHOULD SPEAK UP. ALSO, WOULD SOMEONE PLEASE CONTACT THE LAW OFFICES OF MICHAEL KENNEDY AT 212-935-4500 OR AT CHARNEYINVESTIGATION AT GMAIL.COM AND TELL THEM TO TURN OFF THE GODDAM CAPS LOCK KEY?

Wait...creating false affidavits is illegal?

Wait...creating false affidavits is illegal?

fire up the shredders, boys

This case is getting more and more like the duke rape case

Mr. Kennedy, I suggest you call Tom Lennox right away. He knows something about the Daniels affidavit.

What the fucking fuck? I guess I'll have to pretend this is a brief, since I spend all day writing them.

POINT I
ABC v. S&C is getting weirder by the day.

POINT II
Lat is allowing himself to be used by ABC & his team of lawyers. Or, he wants to be used and is offering his electronic bully pulpit to them. Past posts on this case haven't exactly been, er, favorable to S&C.

POINT III
Charney's Shops can't possibly sell enough ties and suits to finance this litigation. ABC has something like 3 or 4 lawyers on the case now, and this has to be costing a fortune.

POINT IV
It's sad to see an extremely prestigious and highly coveted lawyer like Gallion have to retain his own lawyer lawyer, even if said lawyer lawyer is carefully hand-selected and exclusively selected.

"Please note that the posting of this email should not be interpreted as our siding with Aaron Charney in this litigation. We are simply functioning as a clearinghouse for information about the case...."

Ahem. Giggle giggle giggle.

Lat, is Charney a top or a bottom? I'm beginning to think he is a top, because you sure are bending and spreading for him on this blog.

I showed up, bitches!

Gallion OUT!

1. Yup. That's why S&C should have amicably settled this when they had the chance. This is a train wreck.

2. You could also say Lat is using Charney's case to promote his website.

3. Charney couldn't get a single lawyer until S&C and their attorneys started bullying him. I suspect his lawyers stepped in because they were upset by the way S&C was treating Charney, and are on contingency.

If Charney offers to settle for a "symbolic" amount -- say $100,000 -- would S&C accept? The damages that S&C incurred due to Charney's leak to the WSJ and loss of reputation is arguably well over $1,000,000, but S&C is not really in this for the money; what they want is to be vindicated.

"Charney couldn't get a single lawyer until S&C and their attorneys started bullying him."

No. That's not true. He had a lawyer when he presented his initial (reputed to be) $5 million demand. He said he got rid of him and wouldn't take on a new one because they all wanted to work out things quietly.

Do you really think lawyers in NYC were scared to take the case?

"That's why S&C should have amicably settled this when they had the chance."

They didn't have the chance. A $5 million settlement for a over sensitive drama queen is not reasonable.

Wait a second.

1. I thought Charney's old lawyer dropped him, because he didn't want to fight S&C if they didn't settle. Charney couldn't get anyone to help him, not even LeGal. You must be new to this whole thing.

2. Did S&C offer any sort of amicable settlement? Maybe $500k and something to help Charney move on? I don't think so.

the big question remains unanswered: is Charney a top or a bottom?

half a million for allegedly being told to bend over is an "amicable settlement"? Wha??

To me it seems pretty telling that LeGal wouldn't take Charney's case.

IF ANYONE KNOWS WHETHER CHARNEY IS A TOP OR A BOTTOM, PLEASE CONTACT THE LAW OFFICES OF MICHAEL KENNEDY AT 212-935-4500 OR AT CHARNEYINVESTIGATION AT GMAIL.COM. KPLSTHXBYE.

What?

"Maybe $500k and something to help Charney move on?"

LOYOLA2L I KNOW THAT WAS YOU

Busted. I was trying to give my posts an heir of prestige by using the anon moniker.

are Tier 2 students tops or bottoms?

An "heir of prestige"? Are your posts somehow related to Prince William?

What do you expect from a tier 2 student, 4:58? They can't spell their way out of a trial-court brief.

I thought all Loyola 2L posts were supposited to have typos and spelling mistakes. That's the joke isn't it?

My theory on Loyola 2L is that he attends a low-ranked Tier 1 school and he wants to emphasize the distinction between Tier 1 and Tier 2 so that people assume that what matters is going to any Tier 1, as opposed to going to a truly top school within Tier 1.

Highly credible 2:52.

this is weak weak weak, lat.

so two things to remember:

1. charney is a fool, and so is his lawyer.

2. loyola 2l is the only reason your blog remains mildy amusing. and that speaks volumes, now doesn't it?

Please explainify false affidavits to a mere corporate toiler....what exactly is the implication here?

Uhhh, jail for one thing.

this blog is quickly becoming EPIC FAIL.

why doesn't S&C just play ball in the blogosphere?

they should do exactly what ABC is doing: using these fora to put spin on the ball, subtly or not

don't blame Lat just cause S&C looks down its nose at the modern game

though I still think ABC's full of shit and nut

now that I reread some of these posts, I bet S&C is already playing ball, hiding behind "anon" variants

ya that's interesting, i'd been scratching my head at a lot of the anti-lat / "this blog is boring" posts. this blog has gotten better and better. i couldn't be bothered after the switch from a3g but these days i check it several times a day.

otoh maybe it's just a question of the kinds of stories i'm interested in? dunno.

I'm glad my stories of tier 2 unemployment entertain you 4:37. *sigh* Man does my life suck.

S&C DOES play ball in the blogospere. Come on - I mean the sudden tipster info. adn stuff like that? You know it's all PR.

Just like Spartacus, there are a lot of posters pretending to be Loyola 2L.

Did Nixon ever get advice from S&C?