Victor Mignogna v. Funimation Productions, LLC, et al. (2019) - Vic's lawsuit against Funimation, VAs, and others, for over a million dollars.

[N1bbaN3rd]

Probably best practice to not overreact to every single tiny detail.

Wait til the hearing on Sept 6th, before we start hitting any panic buttons or popping any victory champagnes

It should also be pointed out that although the hearing is scheduled for September 6, Judge Chupp has 30 days to make a ruling after the hearing has taken place.
Now Chupp has a reputation for being efficient, so I doubt he'll need the full 30 days. But unless something exceptional happens, I don't think he'll rule on the TCPA motions right then and there in the court.
Things might actually quiet down a bit after the hearing.

 

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While I hope you guys are right. It's not looking too good for beard. This is what worries me. Ty got rejected in a few hours. Not a good look.

Sure are concerned about that, aren't ya new friend?

 

[Immaculate Ape]

It should also be pointed out that although the hearing is scheduled for September 6, Judge Chupp has 30 days to make a ruling after the hearing has taken place.
Now Chupp has a reputation for being efficient, so I doubt he'll need the full 30 days. But unless something exceptional happens, I don't think he'll rule on the TCPA motions right then and there in the court.

I think we'll hear about decisions on whether evidence is admissible, etc. But I agree, he'll take time to render a judgement on the TCPA. He apparently gave them the entire day to argue their sides.

 

[Apterigo]

I think we'll hear about decisions on whether evidence is admissible, etc. But I agree, he'll take time to render a judgement on the TCPA. He apparently gave them the entire day to argue their sides.

I'd call that a wise decision on Chupp's part, as just looking at all this shit flung back and forth would tell me that you'd need all fuckin' day to get this shit sorted out.

 

[teriyakiburns]

I'd call that a wise decision on Chupp's part, as just looking at all this shit flung back and forth would tell me that you'd need all fuckin' day to get this shit sorted out.

It'll take most of the day for Lemwaah to get a coherent sentence out.

What does lip-smacking look like on a court transcript?

 

[N1bbaN3rd]

I'd call that a wise decision on Chupp's part, as just looking at all this shit flung back and forth would tell me that you'd need all fuckin' day to get this shit sorted out.

Oh, to be a fly on the wall in Chupp's office.

Chupp: Ok, Friday the 6th. TCPA hearing for Vic lasagna. What's the motion practice look like?
Clerk: Let's see......in response to 500 pages from Mr Lemoine, Mr Beard filed nearly 1200 pages. Oh, and he submitted an amended petition.
Chupp: (reaching for a bottle of whisky) I'm going to need all fucking day for this, aren't I?
Clerk: Looks like it. Mr Lemoine is also being an asshole about Mr Beard's filings being half an hour late due to technical difficulties.
Chupp: (after taking a good hard swig) Remind me again why dueling isn't permitted anymore?

 

[774]

We've got got a MOTHERLODE of new filings, people!
And they are not cheap, either!

You do bring up a good point. Downloading those documents isn't free. They charge $0.10 per page. I know for PACER (the federal court filing system), there's RECAP browser extension, which allows sharing anything its users download from PACER, so to increase public access. But I'm not sure if there's anything similar for lower courts. That'd be nice.

Also, I wonder if there would be any way to chip in for those who are doing this service for the rest of us.

 

[Adach_Ame]

Also while I'll tease CuntBuster slightly for their worries. I will take moment to point out, that it is VERY understandable that a LOT of stress and anxiety is on this case and situation as a whole. For weebs, and especially so for "the kids that grew up with that them thar TuNAMee", this is going to have a decent amount of shock-waves in the industry and within communities.

So while I am all for giving the new produce a ribbing for not being SUPER observant. I understand their anxiety and stress, because this is currently dropped in the center of a community and industry they care for greatly. It's really no different no matter the community you are in. That gets a Grand Canyon size of rift bore into it. It's up to the more knowledgeable folk to help point this out, to correct.

But yeah, yeah, I'm coming off a tad preachy I'm ready for the negative votes. I will remind everyone new here, we are all here to laugh at the exceptional lolcows who make ABSOLUTE ass-hats of themselves in public.

 

[Autism Powers]

Things might actually quiet down a bit after the hearing.

I'm saying it to myself, and then new day comes bearing new exceptional gifts. Wtf you need Netflix if you can subscribe to all this?

 

[UnKillFill]

Chupp? More like Chump...

 

[Adach_Ame]

I'm saying it to myself, and then new day comes bearing new exceptional gifts. Wtf you need Netflix if you can subscribe to all this?

Indeed. It SHOULD die down, but we all can assume it won't at this point.

 

[N1bbaN3rd]

I'm saying it to myself, and then new day comes bearing new exceptional gifts. Wtf you need Netflix if you can subscribe to all this?

I'm pretty sure I've already said this elsewhere on KF, but I'll say it here - internet drama is by far the best drama. The twists, turns and character arcs are more interesting and entertaining than anything a hollywood hack could ever hope to come up with.
Not even Oscar Wilde could conjure up such a ridiculous farce as, for example, Warski vs. Donga.

 

[Adach_Ame]

I'm pretty sure I've already said this elsewhere on KF, but internet drama is by far the best drama. The twists, turns and character arcs are more interesting and entertaining than anything a hollywood hack could ever hope to come up with.

Now multiply that by 11, and THEN add in ACTUAL credible CIVIL CONSPIRACY, and you have the makings of something legendary as the ORIGINAL Star Wars Trilogy

 

[Gehenna]

So what I am getting from all of this:
1: The creation of the TCPA response was rushed and sloppy
2: Beard pawned it off to an underling and failed to review it
3: This lead to Notary shenanigans.

Conclusions:
No fraud, as the narrative here is solid that it was a clusterfuck, no damage to Vic's case, no damage to defendant's cases, no likely result from this all.

Well this was a whole lot of to-do about nothing. Beyond a slightly impinged view of Beard's professionalism, this resulted in a fat lot of fuck all.

 

[774]

Interestingly enough, he does 90% of the work.
I personally do not know if any of the motions written by him will be punished by compensation of all expenses to the court and the plaintiff - who will pay? All defendants equally or Monica and Ron?

I would imagine (or hope) that if it's due to his own conduct, then he's the one who has to pay. Then again, the court would have figure out whether or not it is due to his conduct. From our perspective, there's uncertainty as to how much of it is driven by the clients.

 

[Zbk3VmLfujjzjxBd43tL]

So what I am getting from all of this:
1: The creation of the TCPA response was rushed and sloppy
2: Beard pawned it off to an underling and failed to review it
3: This lead to Notary shenanigans.

Conclusions:
No fraud, as the narrative here is solid that it was a clusterfuck, no damage to Vic's case, no damage to defendant's cases, no likely result from this all.

Well this was a whole lot of to-do about nothing. Beyond a slightly impinged view of Beard's professionalism, this resulted in a fat lot of fuck all.

You'd hope so. Even if this case isn't the biggest or most important BHBH has, its certainly their most public, and if you can take time to fuck around on Nick's streams or Twitter (which is good promotion for BHBH) you better damn well have time to make sure you look as professional as you can and not end up with issues like these. Otherwise it's just a load of hot air and makes your advertising go to waste. It's especially shameful in a case like this where at least some elements seem as open-shut as could possibly be.

 

[Laundui_or_douchette?]

You do bring up a good point. Downloading those documents isn't free. They charge $0.10 per page. I know for PACER (the federal court filing system), there's RECAP browser extension, which allows sharing anything its users download from PACER, so to increase public access. But I'm not sure if there's anything similar for lower courts. That'd be nice.

Also, I wonder if there would be any way to chip in for those who are doing this service for the rest of us.

I just wait for Shane to blow his wad and pay for them.

 

[AnOminous]

So what I am getting from all of this:
1: The creation of the TCPA response was rushed and sloppy
2: Beard pawned it off to an underling and failed to review it
3: This lead to Notary shenanigans.

More likely more than one person working on it were reverting each other's edits and otherwise stepping on each other and so you had a document that was just not coming together at the end. Throw in some more messing around with it to try to make it fit the filing system and possible version control issues, at least that's what it looks like. Then references to stuff that someone probably intended to fill in at the end, but maybe someone else was working on it by the end or maybe the first person just forgot.

Then maybe they decided they needed documents notarized which they didn't actually need to notarize, and someone with a notary commission who never uses it. . .who knows?

Looks like it's a tempest in a teapot but I hope they learn a lesson from it.

 

[Laundui_or_douchette?]

More likely more than one person working on it were reverting each other's edits and otherwise stepping on each other and so you had a document that was just not coming together at the end. Throw in some more messing around with it to try to make it fit the filing system and possible version control issues, at least that's what it looks like. Then references to stuff that someone probably intended to fill in at the end, but maybe someone else was working on it by the end or maybe the first person just forgot.

Then maybe they decided they needed documents notarized which they didn't actually need to notarize, and someone with a notary commission who never uses it. . .who knows?

Looks like it's a tempest in a teapot but I hope they learn a lesson from it.

Nick has a way to explain things that have settled everyone down. That and the US are all sleeping.

 

[AStupidMonkey]

It should also be pointed out that although the hearing is scheduled for September 6, Judge Chupp has 30 days to make a ruling after the hearing has taken place.
Now Chupp has a reputation for being efficient, so I doubt he'll need the full 30 days. But unless something exceptional happens, I don't think he'll rule on the TCPA motions right then and there in the court.
Things might actually quiet down a bit after the hearing.

As much as I'm also impatient for new developments, part of me hopes Judge Chup is like us. "Hm... what will happen... if I give them just a little more rope..."

So what I am getting from all of this:
1: The creation of the TCPA response was rushed and sloppy
2: Beard pawned it off to an underling and failed to review it
3: This lead to Notary shenanigans.

#2 might be a hard-sell in court, since it's Ty's notary stamp. At least if the court is seriously entertaining Lemwah's conspiracy theories. Kinda moots that point.