Fox Legal: Frivolous and Barratry

[varropdx]

Fox gets smacked down in their trademark infringement claim against Al Franken for his new book's subtitle, "A Fair and Balanced Look at the Right."

U.S. District Court Judge Denny Chin called Fox's suit "wholly without merit, both factually and legally."

Yep, Fox News whines and whines about frivolous lawsuits and lawsuits supposedly driving up the price of products and services, particularly medical malpractice insurance recently. Yet they file this frivolous lawsuit, not grounded in law or a good-faith extension of current law, and fill their complaint with cheap shots at Franken not germane to the case.

If there ever was a case that was a candidate for Rule 11 (sanctions for filing a frivolous pleading), this is it. Franken is laughing all the way to the bank, as his book is already #1 at Amazon.com from the pre-orders. (It comes out Sept. 22.)

Comments

[kinkyturtle.livejournal.com]

Speaking of Al Franken, have you heard about the recent incident where Franken tried to prank John Ashcroft, and it backfired? And of course now all the right-wingers are up in arms about "Oh see, this proves Franken is a typical liberal who can't do anything but spew LIES LIES LIES aaargh snort!"

[xakko.livejournal.com]

Do you remember when Fox went to court to prove they didn't have to tell the truth... and won?

At least the courts got something right.

[abortedjesus.livejournal.com]

hey,

ive just accidentally stumbled upon your userprofile, and i was cracking up when i saw "fair and balanced"... lol...so thanks ;)

yeah fox got sent right where they belong...even the judge laughed...

PS: and the excuse that frivolous lawsuits are driving prices up is bogus too, but whatta great excuse, and the sad thing is people would believe it, rather than think fora a second, and be like, geez, maybe just maybe all those companies dont really care about us, and have been screwing us all along...