Comment Barratry? (Score 0) 1154
Actually, I believe the legal term for what SCO is doing is 'barratry', and it is illegal last time I checked. Threatening legal action without grounds in order to blackmail someone into doing something completely unrelated is one way to get yourself sued right back, thrown in jail, and/or if you're a lawyer, disbarred, depending on the law in your area. IANAL, but look up the term in any legal dictionary. (BTW, 'barratry' is also used to refer to certain maritime crimes, but we can probably ignore that meaning.)
A different aspect of the same legal principle may apply to SCO's law firm, if they are the ones advising Mr. McBride to say these things; that is, stirring up a dispute in order to drum up business and fees, whether or not the client has a valid case or not.
Could this be useful, or am I just full of it? What do you guys and gals think?
A different aspect of the same legal principle may apply to SCO's law firm, if they are the ones advising Mr. McBride to say these things; that is, stirring up a dispute in order to drum up business and fees, whether or not the client has a valid case or not.
Could this be useful, or am I just full of it? What do you guys and gals think?
