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Subject: [Leica] a photographer sued
From: john.nebel at csdco.com (John Nebel)
Date: Thu, 30 May 2013 14:59:16 -0600
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Douglas,

More relieved than anything, but certainly glad too.

The documentation in the lawsuit was 60K pages, 21 linear feet including 
binders.

John

On 5/30/2013 2:37 PM, Douglas Barry wrote:
> "John Nebel" <john.nebel at csdco.com> wrote
>>>>>
> image was on a public site, this was a thought offense.  The attorney doing
> the suing had the treasury of a wealthy non-profit behind him and hired a
> large upscale law firm and fought on with increasing desperation for three
> years. One of the plaintiffs, the non-profit, finally settled and publicly
> apologized, the other settled. Then the attorney instigating the suit and
> the firm which he hired then separately sued the non-profit, who
> counter-sued, and this went on for a couple of more years, thankfully
> without me. Years later, the non-profit awarded me a  medal of merit.
> <http://www.numismaticnews.net/article/settlement_in_cipoletti_case>
> <<<<
>
> John, having read that link, I'm sure you're glad to have escaped. I 
> presume
> you didn't write the following piece on About.com which I found when I
> googled him :-)
>
> "I don't know Cipoletti well, but from what I've observed of him, he seems
> to be a bold leader, willing to take calculated gambles to win big, and
> isn't about to let adversity get in his way. He's the perfect man for
> Contursi's new company, and it will be interesting to see how the rest of
> this unfolds!"
>
> Douglas
>
>
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