I agree.......the lesson??? Lawyers are leeches...
--- andrew fildes <afildes@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >
>John
> >
> >Thanks for pointing out this very interesting
> collection of letters. The
> >lawyer, while doing her job as a hired gun, showed
> how the legal profession
> >views what is right and wrong. I love how she said
> that they would make a
> >special exception this one time. It just got me
> madder and madder with each
> >lawyerly response to this gentleman.
> >
> >Bob Winters
>
> The concept of 'right and wrong' are not relevant
> here. That's not what
> lawyers are for. Corporations hire lawyers to create
> an appropriate and
> comfortable reality for themselves, just like the
> rest of us.
> The interesting part is the sudden shift of ground
> when the original
> premise is challenged. Odd claims apparently based
> on adverse possession or
> added value are merely circling manoevres. The
> 'special exception'
> approach, which I have also experienced with
> insurance companies,
> translates as "you're probably right; we can't
> afford to admit it because
> it would set a dangerous precedent; here's what you
> want; go away and shut
> up about it; if this turns out to be a bigger
> problem, we'll fight it in
> future."
> Lawyers and other people merely have different
> agendas. It ain't personal.
> This lawyer would have seen herself as being quite
> reasonable and may have
> assumed that the photographer was 'trying it on'
> having belatedly
> discovered that his old prints were valuable. (Like
> a drunken artist
> showing up at Sotherby's and demanding a percentage
> of the sale price).
> Residual right will always be a tricky area to
> negotiate.
> AndrewF
>
>
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