Steve Quest (p/k/a Montagraph) vs. Nicholas Robert Rekieta & Rekieta Law, LLC (2023)

[Al from Dadeville]

So Nick's deposition testimony is going to be "No, ive never watched a replay of that... I thought I said probably, I meant to say probably, I told everyone I said probably".

Rekieta: Can I see a reference to when I said that?

Judge: Are you stating that that didn’t happen, sir? Because I don’t have time to be checking references. If I find a reference, and you made me go ten minutes to look for a reference, I’m going to make you spend ten minutes in the cell.

 

[waffle]

I really wonder what Nick would do if he were confronted with the clip where he says always on a live stream. Any answer but feigning shock or just riping his eathernet cord out and claiming network issues would be devastating to the posture he's taken so far.

 

[Dixieland Buckaroo]

I really wonder what Nick would do if he were confronted with the clip where he says always on a live stream. Any answer but feigning shock or just riping his eathernet cord out and claiming network issues would be devastating to the posture he's taken so far.

It would be the gayest, most irrational response possible.

Like I get not wanting to watch yourself, especially when you generate up to hours of content a month. But when you're facing a five six digit lawsuit (of your own making)... Maybe consider the cheaper routes available?

 

[Useful_Mistake]

Montagraph's lawyer informs the court of new ANTI-SLAPP in Minnesota that may soon be enacted

Response. Randazza basically says that "lmao, I won, Nigger"

I believe that is saying it would apply to existing civil lawsuits that were still pending the day after the governor would sign the bill.

Randazza disagrees:

 

[AnOminous]

Randazza disagrees:

The text disagrees.

Sec. 17. EFFECTIVE DATE.​

This act is effective the day following final enactment and applies to a civil action
pending on or commenced on or after that date.

Note that this is a uniform act adopted by six states so far, and apparently has survived its first constitutional challenge in a state court (Washington).

 

[Space Pope]

Randazza disagrees:

I'm not a nationally recognized First Amendment attorney, nor am I a non-practicing blackface lawyer who happens to be a faggot. However, the text from the Minnesota bill on its way to passing appears straightforward.

When comparing the model legislation and examining states like Washington and Maine, which have passed similar bills, it seems Minnesota might be an outlier by applying it to currently pending lawsuits. One would assume that Randazza would have assistants to aid him in this matter. Either way, I'm sure he still billed Nicky for the time spent ""researching"" for that filing, so, cheers Nicky. That was another thousand or two well spent.

 

[Useful_Mistake]

The text disagrees.

Yeah, I saw, which makes it incredibly funny.

 

[Mikoyan]

The text disagrees.

Note that this is a uniform act adopted by six states so far, and apparently has survived its first constitutional challenge in a state court (Washington).

Not that I'm all that sure about Randazza's internet rep of 'muh 1A legal daddy' is really justified, but we have to consider a new theory: What if Nick is a vortex of legal competence? Get close to him and you too could be missing filing deadlines and misreading law.

 

[Useful_Mistake]

What if Nick is a vortex of legal competence? Get close to him and you too could be missing filing deadlines and misreading law.

I think the more likely scenario is that Randazza is scamming Nick the same way he has scammed all of his clients and all of their opponents, and has been sanctioned for it numerous times

 

[AnOminous]

When comparing the model legislation and examining states like Washington and Maine, which have passed similar bills, it seems Minnesota might be an outlier by applying it to currently pending lawsuits.

They haven't yet. The Senate may have calmer heads and not deviate from the model law. I think Quest's lawyer was correct to update the court on this rather than let Randazza be the one to do it, and his sputtering tantrum seems to indicate he got a march stolen on him. His details were even wrong. My guess is he looked at the model law (instead of what actually passed the House) and assumed they were adopting it wholesale instead of adding in pending matters. This may be the first time in this case he was caught out flat-footed.

I actually think applying a punitive and almost quasi-criminal penalty to pending lawsuits, filed before the plaintiff had any idea there could be such penalties, presents serious ex post facto issues.

I think the more likely scenario is that Randazza is scamming Nick the same way he has scammed all of his clients and all of their opponents, and has been sanctioned for it numerous times

Fun fact: in one of those disputes, Randazza himself was represented by none other than Popehat himself, Ken White, whose Pope motif is probably why Rekieta himself adopted the "LawPope" monicker.

 

[Belgians in the Congo]

Randazza is scamming Nick the same way he has scammed all of his clients and all of their opponents

Imagine how much extra money he can make by going on appeal after a court loss!

 

[Mikoyan]

Fun fact: in one of those disputes, Randazza himself was represented by none other than Popehat himself, Ken White, whose Pope motif is probably why Rekieta himself adopted the "LawPope" monicker.

Oh dear. I bet both of them don't look back on that fondly these days.

 

[HarveyMCR]

Response. Randazza basically says that "lmao, I won, Nigger"
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Randazza disagrees:
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Question for legal Kiwis - would this be an example of the 'Chewbacca Defense'?

I've only ever heard the Chewbacca defense referenced. I've never seen it in action. Would this count?

 

[mindlessobserver]

No. The Chewbacca Defense is holding up a completely unrelated straw man, skewering the straw man, and then saying the absurdity of this unrelated issue means the defendant can't be held liable or charged.

In this case Randazza is just misreading the law and then arguing incorrectly.

 

[East_Clintwood]

Fun fact: in one of those disputes, Randazza himself was represented by none other than Popehat himself, Ken White, whose Pope motif is probably why Rekieta himself adopted the "LawPope" monicker.

I believe Ken might have represented him more than once. I know he did in the arbitration where Randazza got BTFO on every point, despite such genius arguments as "I was only pretending to be retarded screw the company as a negotiating tactic, you can't prove I was really gonna take the money for myself" (yes that really was an argument he made), but I think he may have also represented him at the actual bar disciplinary meeting where he then basically got away with it, although I could be misremembering.

 

[Return of the Freaker]

I think the more likely scenario is that Randazza is scamming Nick the same way he has scammed all of his clients and all of their opponents, and has been sanctioned for it numerous times

In other words, the representation Nick deserves after inflicting Ty Beard on Vic

"Nick, we lost the case!"

 

[Prokhor Zakharov]

In a new update of Nick Rekieta's fight to legalize accusing people of "literally sucking little boys cocks", his lawyer informs the court (in response to a fraudulent notice by the opposing party) that, actually, his opponent conceded that Nick already won, and in a move that can only be described as Genius, proceeded to, IN THE VERY NEXT PARAGRAPH, assert that Nick winning is actually Nick losing, and therefore the court should disregard his opponent making Nick win.

Nick's paying for this superb representation.

https://kiwifarms.st/threads/steve-...eta-rekieta-law-llc-2023.143950/post-18187690

That's good enough to be a Greer level move.

 

[Alaric the Visigoth]

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"Sue me if you want."

 

[ye's Official KF Burner]

Nick used to be such a nitpicker about well written documents but couldn't even manage to see that his own case isn't a massive fuck up.

 

[RodgerDodger]

The most hilarious thing is the litigious lolcow plaintiff is somehow not the dumbest person in the room with this case. But he is the only one that's not a lawyer.