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Note also that the original lawsuit was for Ian tweeting about their public YouTube videos. How can this garbage lawauit be allowed to go on and cost a man $10
by zibzab 6y ago
Note also that the original lawsuit was for Ian tweeting about their public YouTube videos.
How can this garbage lawauit be allowed to go on and cost a man $100.000 in lawyer fees??
- worik 6y agoBecause the rules are made by lawyers
- koonsolo 6y agoand because it's in US.
- ayewo 6y agoSmall correction: he’s being sued (by a US company) in Canada, under a new Canadian law.
- koonsolo 6y agoAha, that might change it indeed. Do they have the "loser pays the costs" policy or not?
- ayewo 6y agoKind of. According to the EFF [1], he might be able to recover his legal costs: “ But Proctorio’s bad behavior has inspired a broad community of people to fight for better student privacy rights, and hundreds of people donated to Linkletter’s defense fund, which raised more than $50,000. And the PPPA gives him a greater chance of getting his fees back.” 1: https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2021/02/student-surveillance-vendor-proctorio-files-slapp-lawsuit-silence-critic https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2021/02/student-surveillance-v...
- input_sh 6y agoSLAPP suits are absolutely a thing in the EU as well.
- elliekelly 6y agoBy lobbyists*
- draw_down 6y agoMany of whom went to law school... come on
- ch4s3 6y agoMaybe... But in the US we have anti-SLAPP laws written by lawyers in a lot of states. Any California court would toss this shit out in a second.