[alicebot-archcomm] budget

[Conan Callen]

Looks complicated. Maybe things will cool down with time?

"dragging the case out as long as possible" ... "Dancing with Lawyers" has
soom good tips on working with lawyers.

Conan

----- Original Message -----
From: "Dr. Richard S. Wallace" <drwallace@alicebot.org>
To: <alicebot-archcomm@alice.sunlitsurf.com>
Sent: Tuesday, August 06, 2002 5:26 PM
Subject: Re: [alicebot-archcomm] budget


> I have tried numerous approaches to back-door, front-door, trap-door,
> back-channel, sideways mediate the problem with Berkeley, none of which
has
> panned out.  I've tried Goldberg's friends, colleagues, and his academic
> advisor.  I even tried contacting a Rabbi and a U.N. Ambassador.   They
all
> say Goldberg doesn't want to talk, and Berkeley won't negotiate.
>
> The problem with lawyers is, they get dollar signs in their eyes too.
They
> make money by dragging the case out as long as possible, billing as much
as
> possible.  And the damages, whatever they are, keep getting bigger the
> longer we wait.  It's sort of like investing in the stock market.  Timing
is
> everything.
>
> You can read about all the gory details in my Slashdot interview at
>
http://interviews.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/07/26/1344245&mode=flat&tid
> =99
>
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Conan Callen" <ccallen@windowpane.com>
> To: <alicebot-archcomm@alice.sunlitsurf.com>
> Sent: Tuesday, August 06, 2002 1:53 PM
> Subject: Re: [alicebot-archcomm] budget
>
>
> > This is not legal advice.
> >
> > What are your damages? Did you see the recent Washington Civil action
> where,
> > amongs other things, the plaintif claimed damages because his story was
> > balsted in the media. It turned out that it was his own (actually his
> > mothers) attorney who negotiated the contract with the media.
> >
> > What are the demands of the plaintif? I'm not to fimilar with all the
> > details. As I understand it, he orginally contact you after watching "A
> > Beautiful Mind". Somehow you guys ended up in court and it sounds like
he
> > has a restraining order to keep you away from him and the UC campus. Is
> > there some way you can get back to the point when he orginally called
you?
> > For instance if you relaxed your position, would he relax his? Could the
> two
> > of you then pursue a more peaceful (non-judicial) solution?
> >
> > Myself, I shiver at the prospect of litigation and paying huge sums of
> time,
> > money, and emotional energy when I could possibly work the problem out
> > myself.
> >
> > Conan
>
>
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