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Why Lawyers And PR Don't Mix

Why Lawyers And PR Don't Mix 03/08/2004 11:04 PM
This is not the first time it's been noted that sending in the lawyers to try to "disappear" information a company (or individual) doesn't like tends to have the opposite results. Remember Barbara Streisand trying to stop a photographer documenting coastal erosion from posting a photo of her property? Prior to that, very few people noticed the site. After the lawsuit began many more people went and saw the photo. The same sort of thing appears to be happening with Infinium Labs and HardOCP. While there was mumbling in the gaming community that Infinium's Phantom gaming console didn't really exist, not too many people were paying attention. In fact, by hiring a respected CEO the company was gaining credibility. However, now that they've been tangled up in a lawsuit for threatening HardOCP for an article that was six months old and pretty much off everyone's radar screen, the questions raised by that article are suddenly getting a lot more attention. While the lawyers may think it's best to sue, the internet makes it very likely that any lawsuits (or even threats of lawsuits) pretty much guarantee that they'll be giving whatever content they want hidden even more attention. Someone should sit some of these lawyers down with some PR people and review each and every case where this has happened.

Day Two of Fires

Day Two of Fires 10/29/2003 03:52 PM
links to photos of the California wildfires .. Artistic Images of Ash from the Socal Fires .. Emese Gaal's collection of local photos .. a huge list

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O2 Fires Up 3G

O2 Fires Up 3G 09/27/2004 07:28 AM
3G Sep 27 2004 10:16AM GMT

More lawyers on our side

More lawyers on our side 02/01/2005 09:50 PM
ZDNet Feb 2 2005 1:52AM GMT

Pay up, Microsoft: lawyers

Pay up, Microsoft: lawyers 05/13/2004 02:15 AM
Melbourne Age May 13 2004 6:14AM GMT

The GOP war on trial lawyers

The GOP war on trial lawyers 07/13/2004 08:27 AM
Is John Edwards an economy-draining, ambulance-chasing social pariah, as Republicans and big business claim? Ask his clients, like 5-year-old Valerie Lakey.

Lawyers In Space...

Lawyers In Space... 08/05/2004 10:46 AM

The Lawyers and Their Money

The Lawyers and Their Money 05/12/2004 11:17 AM

This one goes into the Shameless Hall of Fame: Some of the lawyers who sued Microsoft for its predatory behavior against California customers are doing their best to fuel the public's contempt for the legal profession. They're asking for more than $250 million in fees, as the AP reports today -- "about $3,000 per hour for one lawyer, more than $2,000 an hour each for 34 other attorneys and $1,000 an hour for administrative work." This is beyond absurd. We get ripped off once by Microsoft, and now the lawyers -- whose deal with Microsoft gives precious little individual customers -- are bellying up to the trough in ways that would embarrass anyone who had an ounce of shame. The judge in this case should say no. Give the lawyers a reasonable fee, not this grotesque lottery score. It's the customers who deserve most of that money.

Nortel Fires CEO

Nortel Fires CEO 04/28/2004 10:23 AM
Nortel Networks Corp. fires its president and CEO, Frank Dunn, as well as its chief financial officer and controller.

Early fires

Early fires 05/01/2004 05:26 PM
Remains of primordi al flames

IBM fires up new Stinger

IBM fires up new Stinger 07/29/2004 06:42 AM
ZDNet Australia Jul 29 2004 11:11AM GMT

Lawyers Don't Get Quite As Much In The
Microsoft Case

Lawyers Don't Get Quite As Much In The
Microsoft Case 09/17/2004 04:12 AM
Remember the lawyers who worked out the settlement deal with Microsoft in California? The ones who wanted $3,000 an hour for legal work, and $1,000 an hour for administrative work? All because they got you a stunning $16 for the copy of Windows that you overpaid for? Well, it looks like those lawyers will have to settle for a bit less. Rather than the $286 million, a judge has ruled that they'll only get $112.5 million. Of course, that means more of the settlement money is available to anyone who bought Microsoft products in California and fills out the claim form. Amusingly, I just tested out the claim form and found that, at least on this computer, it didn't work in Firefox, but worked just fine in IE.

School skirt ban OK, say lawyers

School skirt ban OK, say lawyers 06/21/2004 09:00 AM
Legal experts debate a school's decision to adopt trousers for all as its new uniform.

SCO's Lawyers Analyzed

SCO's Lawyers Analyzed 11/06/2003 09:57 AM

After The Lawyers, Can We Kill All PR
People?

After The Lawyers, Can We Kill All PR
People? 07/15/2004 02:00 PM
I would really like to believe that not all PR people are this bad, but I'm beginning to lose faith. Last year, I wrote up a longer piece about PR people who don't understand blogs and tried to do things like trick bloggers into writing about the companies they represented. I mentioned, in passing, that some PR people submit press releases to the site, even though we clearly say not to do so. I can certainly understand it if a PR person didn't happen to catch that post. However, if you're going to be in PR, and you're going to try to get blogs to write about the companies you represent, we should set some ground rules. First: Read the damn site. If we never talk about highly technical things like a new computer fan, do not try to get us to write about a new computer fan. You're wasting our time, your own time, as well as the money of the company you represent. Second: Read the damn submission page. If you're not going to understand what the site is about, at the very very least (we're not asking for much) you could read the page where you submit the press release, because it says (in bold) not to submit press releases. If you can't even bother to read that page, why should we bother to read your press release? Finally: If you're going to ignore both of these fairly simple rules, do not then claim on your own website that you are somehow "A High Tech PR Agency" or that you have "the broadest high tech PR experience of any Public Relations Agency." It's not true. If it were true, you would know not to do what you keep doing. Also, don't claim that you "did online PR before the Internet." You didn't. The internet was there before you were. This isn't difficult, but bloggers are not traditional press. While some of them may accept press releases, the fact that you can't bother to take the briefest amount of time to figure out what kind of publication we are suggests you're not so tech savvy after all.

DOJ lawyers want to block Oracle

DOJ lawyers want to block Oracle 02/11/2004 09:34 AM
ZDNet Feb 11 2004 1:08PM GMT

Get Information on Lawyers In Ohio

Get Information on Lawyers In Ohio 09/03/2004 11:49 AM
The state of Ohio now has a site where you can look up information on lawyers. The site is free and it's available at http://www.sconet.state.oh.us/atty_reg/Public_AttorneyInformation.asp . You may search...

Footballers' lawyers 'optimistic'

Footballers' lawyers 'optimistic' 03/08/2004 11:23 PM
A Leicester City official says lawyers are hopeful the three players held over sex attack claims will be released on bail.

Pentagon Lawyers Say Saddam Is a POW
(AP)

Pentagon Lawyers Say Saddam Is a POW
(AP) 01/09/2004 09:53 PM
AP - Pentagon lawyers have determined that Saddam Hussein has been a prisoner of war since American forces captured him on Dec. 13, a Defense Department spokesman said Friday.

BayStar sets lawyers on SCO

BayStar sets lawyers on SCO 07/26/2004 07:04 AM
It ain't over, till it's over

Lawyers Sue for Guantanamo Detainees
(AP)

Lawyers Sue for Guantanamo Detainees
(AP) 07/03/2004 03:33 AM
AP - Lawyers have filed suit demanding the U.S. government justify its detention of nine foreign terror suspects at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.

Lawyers Add Salton Wounds

Lawyers Add Salton Wounds 06/01/2004 05:29 PM
George Foreman grill maker hit with class-action lawsuits.

Guantanamo lawyers confident

Guantanamo lawyers confident 07/03/2004 06:32 PM
Lawyers herald the US Supreme Court's ruling allowing Guantanamo detainees to contest their captivity as a turning point.

£20m spent on De Lorean lawyers

£20m spent on De Lorean lawyers 02/12/2004 02:47 AM
More than £20m was spent by the government in legal fees against the auditors of the De Lorean car company.

Lawyers act in Turkish flag row

Lawyers act in Turkish flag row 03/28/2005 01:26 PM
Turkish lawyers file a complaint against the country's most senior military officer in a row over an attempted flag burning.

Microsoft to pay lawyers $112m

Microsoft to pay lawyers $112m 09/17/2004 10:19 AM
News 24 Sep 17 2004 2:32PM GMT

Chidambaram on why lawyers are not in
service tax net

Chidambaram on why lawyers are not in
service tax net 07/12/2004 07:04 PM
NewIndPress Jul 12 2004 11:28PM GMT

MSN fires up search engine

MSN fires up search engine 07/29/2004 01:11 PM
Source: Australian IT - MSN is investing $US5 billion ($7 billion) to create a search revolution where users will be able to pose questions and receive real answers - all without leaving the comfort of the MSN web site and...

Fires Reported After W.Va. Football Win

Fires Reported After W.Va. Football Win 11/16/2003 05:55 AM
Reuters via Wired News Nov 16 2003 4:35AM ET

Embattled CA fires nine workers

Embattled CA fires nine workers 04/19/2004 12:18 PM
The software maker dismisses nine employees in its legal and finance departments amid several probes into its accounting practices.

Nortel fires seven beancounters (and
3,500 more)

Nortel fires seven beancounters (and
3,500 more) 08/19/2004 10:08 AM
North America bears brunt

Nortel fires CEO, other top execs

Nortel fires CEO, other top execs 04/28/2004 10:19 AM
The networking company cites an internal accounting investigation as a driver in its decision to dismiss its chief executive, its CFO and its controller.

Fla. fires 4 over Xbox slayings

Fla. fires 4 over Xbox slayings 08/10/2004 11:18 PM
Sfgate.com - Tue Aug 10, 09:15 pm GMT

EDS fires Dick Brown

EDS fires Dick Brown 03/20/2003 06:42 PM
Short, not sweet

The Firewall That Fires Back

The Firewall That Fires Back 06/19/2004 06:06 PM

The network strikes back: Experts worry about tech retaliation: These guys make a firewall-ish product that launches a counterattack when it receives a hack attempt. Part of me thinks this is just snazzy; part of me fears for the future of the human race.

Symbiot Security Inc. says its new Intelligent Security Infrastructure Management Systems not only defends networks but lets them fight back, too. Symbiot says the product is already in use in some corporate, government and military networks. [...]

Symbiot's iSIMS consists of hardware, software and support services. Much of it is focused on traditional defensive measures, like blocking unwanted traffic or deflecting it to where it can do no harm. But it can also escalate the response and return fire.

In documents on the Austin, Texas, company's Web site, Symbiot advocates a gradual escalation of action based on the best information available and the customer's preference.

Can you imagine the dialog boxes on that app — "Do you want to cripple the Internet? Yes, No, Cancel."

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Iraq fires a SCUD?

Iraq fires a SCUD? 03/20/2003 10:47 AM
Yahoo! News - Iraq Scud Fired at Troops Intercepted IN THE KUWAITI DESERT - Iraq fired a Scud missile toward U.S. troops Thursday, but it was intercepted by Patriot missiles, the American military said. U.S. Army troops at Camp New...

Legal Eagle Fires at SCO

Legal Eagle Fires at SCO 02/10/2004 01:32 PM
In a paper released by an open source advocacy group, a Columbia law professor predicts SCO's legal campaign over Linux copyrights is 'headed for a wall.'

Stirring The GNOME Fires

Stirring The GNOME Fires 07/31/2004 10:46 AM

Nortel fires CEO Dunn

Nortel fires CEO Dunn 04/28/2004 10:04 AM
globetechnology.com Apr 28 2004 1:58PM GMT
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