It's a trolling tweet because he knows the answer and he's doing something about it. And I take total credit for this. I wrote an email to his lawyers outlining the exact legal strategy. I'm a lawyer and never was able to convince my litigator partners to take on this case, but it looks like Trump's lawyers are doing it now. We've been in back and forth communication on it. Trump's tweet makes me think they are going to do it!
The basic idea is that we are all consumers of newspapers, cable news, subscriptions to online news agencies, etc. And as consumers we have a right - protected by statute in every state - to fair and non-deceptive representations of the product or service we are paying for. It is called the Consumer Protection Act or the Unfair and Deceptive Acts and Practices Act, depending on your state. Consumers can sue for damages, tripled, and all their attorney fees. Consumers can become a class as well. Imagine the size of a judgment requiring all the cable companies, the online subscriptions, newspapers and magazines to refund their revenues and start labeling their work product with, "parts of the following article are the conclusions, opinions and unverified accusations of the author."
You have to either approach a class action law firm and ask them to take on the case (if they say yes they'd do it on their nickel, not yours) or you have to wait for a class action lawyer to start the case and then ask to join as a class member.
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21216600? ago
It's a trolling tweet because he knows the answer and he's doing something about it. And I take total credit for this. I wrote an email to his lawyers outlining the exact legal strategy. I'm a lawyer and never was able to convince my litigator partners to take on this case, but it looks like Trump's lawyers are doing it now. We've been in back and forth communication on it. Trump's tweet makes me think they are going to do it!
The basic idea is that we are all consumers of newspapers, cable news, subscriptions to online news agencies, etc. And as consumers we have a right - protected by statute in every state - to fair and non-deceptive representations of the product or service we are paying for. It is called the Consumer Protection Act or the Unfair and Deceptive Acts and Practices Act, depending on your state. Consumers can sue for damages, tripled, and all their attorney fees. Consumers can become a class as well. Imagine the size of a judgment requiring all the cable companies, the online subscriptions, newspapers and magazines to refund their revenues and start labeling their work product with, "parts of the following article are the conclusions, opinions and unverified accusations of the author."
Go get em Donald.
21220638? ago
How do the rest of us get in on the class action part? Surely don't have enough energy/money to sue something so big myself.
21220658? ago
You have to either approach a class action law firm and ask them to take on the case (if they say yes they'd do it on their nickel, not yours) or you have to wait for a class action lawyer to start the case and then ask to join as a class member.