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https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Liebowitz https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Liebowitz : "In April 2019 Leibowitz missed a court date in a copyrig

by cft 7y ago

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Liebowitz https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Liebowitz : "In April 2019 Leibowitz missed a court date in a copyright lawsuit. He told the court that he missed it due to the death of his grandfather. The court asked him to prove it, suspecting he was in fact missing hearings to run up legal costs for his opponent. As of November he has failed to do so, and is being fined $500 a day and threatened with incarceration.[6]"

scandinavian 7y ago
From reading the source court document, he is to appear in court tomorrow, otherwise: > Failure to appear as directed will subject Mr. Liebowitz to arrest by the United States Marshals Service without further notice.
- squiggleblaz 7y ago
  The judge has lost all respect for him, it's incredible. The order for him to appear has a footnote "if you're already required to appear somewhere else, you better attach the proof".
bskari 7y ago
This Twitter thread goes into some detail about how much he dodged the court. It looks pretty bad. https://twitter.com/obarcala/status/1192193882844532736 https://twitter.com/obarcala/status/1192193882844532736
- mcv 7y ago
  That's got to be the most blatant case of contempt I've ever seen. Impressive how he continues to try to bluff himself out of this despite the judge constantly calling his bluff.
  - gameswithgo 7y ago
    People are really impressed with the judge but I am not so Pmuch. He should be in jail already. Our justice system quickly finds excuses to incarcerate or worse, for much less, for "lower classes" of people.
    - mcv 7y ago
      Fair point. Plenty of people don't even get a second chance and get incarcerated on very questionable evidence, whereas this guy got five tries despite obviously lying.
    - ThrustVectoring 7y ago
      I'm very much okay with judges being extraordinarily careful to preserve people's due process rights. There's not really any significant time pressure involved - if it takes an extra month to make it abundantly clear that they're willfully and knowingly defying court orders, so be it.

by cft 7y ago

scandinavian 7y ago

From reading the source court document, he is to appear in court tomorrow, otherwise: > Failure to appear as directed will subject Mr. Liebowitz to arrest by the United States Marshals Service without further notice.

squiggleblaz 7y ago
The judge has lost all respect for him, it's incredible. The order for him to appear has a footnote "if you're already required to appear somewhere else, you better attach the proof".

bskari 7y ago

This Twitter thread goes into some detail about how much he dodged the court. It looks pretty bad. https://twitter.com/obarcala/status/1192193882844532736 https://twitter.com/obarcala/status/1192193882844532736

mcv 7y ago
That's got to be the most blatant case of contempt I've ever seen. Impressive how he continues to try to bluff himself out of this despite the judge constantly calling his bluff.
- gameswithgo 7y ago
  People are really impressed with the judge but I am not so Pmuch. He should be in jail already. Our justice system quickly finds excuses to incarcerate or worse, for much less, for "lower classes" of people.
  - mcv 7y ago
    Fair point. Plenty of people don't even get a second chance and get incarcerated on very questionable evidence, whereas this guy got five tries despite obviously lying.
  - ThrustVectoring 7y ago
    I'm very much okay with judges being extraordinarily careful to preserve people's due process rights. There's not really any significant time pressure involved - if it takes an extra month to make it abundantly clear that they're willfully and knowingly defying court orders, so be it.