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Referee Recommends Disbarment For Jack Thompson
spielermacher writes "GamePolitics is reporting that Jack Thompson — the lawyer every gamer loves to hate — has apparently lost his court case and is facing disbarment. The Referee in the case has gone beyond the Florida Bar's request for a 10-year disbarment and is recommending a lifetime ban. From the Final Report issued by the court: '... the Respondent has demonstrated a pattern of conduct to strike out harshly, extensively, repeatedly and willfully to simply try to bring as much difficulty, distraction and anguish to those he considers in opposition to his causes. He does not proceed within the guidelines of appropriate professional behavior ...' All I can say is that it's about time."
The Judge also wants him to cough up $43,000 to cover the Bar costs because the whole thing was so outrageous.
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At least the US Gov. managed to do one thing right today.
It's not the US government, it's the state of Florida.
-jcr
The only title of honor that a tyrant can grant is "Enemy of the State."
Shouldn't that be "PWNED!"?
Setting his threshold to 5, Sparky eliminated most of the trolls on /.
He could try suing the Florida bar in federal court, but the chances of the circuit court taking the case are pretty slim.
-jcr
The only title of honor that a tyrant can grant is "Enemy of the State."
It's not the US government, it's the state of Florida.
It's not even the state of Florida. It's the Florida Bar, which is a professional organization set up by the Florida Supreme Court. So while it was granted authority by the government of Florida, it isn't part of the government of Florida.
I used to think it was a silly position as well, but after reading a post on slashdot recommending this book I've gotta admit that I've changed stance on the subject. He compares video games with the military's conditioning. Say what you want, the guy knew a lot on the subject. PS: It's only the last chapter of the book that's about video games / movies and their effects but the rest is an interesting read.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disbarment
"However, under the American Bar Association's Model Rules of Professional Conduct, which have been adopted in most states, disbarment in one state or court is grounds for disbarment in a jurisdiction which has adopted the Model Rules."
The bar brought the suit to revoke his license. The state actually issues the license, and can revoke it when the bar recommends that it do so.
-jcr
The only title of honor that a tyrant can grant is "Enemy of the State."
Congratulations, you can read the last page.
The bit about costs is separate from the rest of the recommendation. If the Supreme Court adopts the referee's recommendation, he'll be disbarred for life. That's pretty much standard language they probably include where you temporarily lose your license if you don't pay the costs of the proceedings against you. If the final punishment was simply a reprimand, then the failure to pay would become more important. The costs issue is a separate punishment from the disbarment.
In many states lawyers are suspended each year for failing to pay their bar dues. As soon as they pay them, they're reinstated.
What?
Close... the perigee becomes lower and the period becomes faster, so you will slowly overtake the ISS.
Although the orbits intersect, when you get back to where you started, the ISS is slightly behind, so you won't run into it.
It's actually another good example of a violation of common sense in orbital mechanics - you have to decelerate to speed your orbit up, and vice versa.