Richard Meyer v. Mark Waid (2018)

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Waid Livestream - What will happen?

  • Talks about the lawsuit.

    Votes: 3 8.1%

  • Further incriminates himself.

    Votes: 18 48.6%

  • Defames YaBoi again.

    Votes: 5 13.5%

  • Doesn't talk about the lawsuit nor CG.

    Votes: 2 5.4%

  • Host disagrees with Waid on something, chimpout insues.

    Votes: 7 18.9%

  • Normal interview. (no drama)

    Votes: 2 5.4%
  • Total voters
    37
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Yeah, two of the three parties involved are in Texas. Or, to put it another way, Waid fucked with a contract in Texas between two Texans.

I cannot believe he's arguing that "Jawbreakers" isn't set in Texas and none of the artists in it are in Texas, so nanny-nanny boo-boo. Or something.

edit to add: he's really arguing that.

"That book, as I understand it, would not be about Texas (or at least it is not marketed as aimed at Texas), but rather a story involving a “mutant ape.” According to press reports, I understood that Plaintiff would work with Jon Malin, Ethan Van Sciver, and Brett Smith, on that book. [...]From my work in and based on my knowledge of the industry, I was able to identify the Twitter profiles for Malin, Van Sciver, and Smith, which indicate none are in Texas. True and correct copies of the profiles are attached as EXHIBIT 3 . Mr. Malin’s Twitter profile page indicates he is in Michigan; Mr. Van Sciver’s Twitter profile indicates he is in New Jersey; and Mr. Smith’s Twitter profile pages indicates he is in Arizona."
 
This reeks of a stalling tactic, and it also confirms suspicions that the defense is going to boil down to Meyers is an Alt-Right troll serially harassing comic industry professionals and that this lawsuit is simply an extension of it. Don't think it will work. Antarctic Press is publicly based out of Texas and Waid had every reason to know that they are based in Texas. The fact that he can try and argue he did not know Meyer is ALSO in Texas is IMO not relevant as the issue is the tortious interference. Which means knowing where Antarctic Press is is more important then knowing where Meyer is. There is also the matter that if Texas is NOT the proper jurisdiction, then what is the proper jurisdiction? The logical follow up to Waids argument is that it would be the southern district of California. But that is weak sauce, since the only tie that district has is the fact that Waid lives there. The incident that triggered the lawsuit and all the principles (except waid) do not come from that district.

Judge is going to deny the motion most likely (you never know sometimes), but its going to run up the costs. As was expected.
 
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He's actually attached as an exhibit the Tweet where he says he's going to contact Antarctic, immediately followed by Antarctic's tweet that they're cancelling the contract.

Is this as re-tarded as I think, or am I missing a legal nuance?
 
mindlessobserver said:
This reeks of a stalling tactic, and it also confirms suspicions that the defense is going to boil down to Meyers is an Alt-Right troll serially harassing comic industry professionals and that this lawsuit is simply an extension of it. Don't think it will work. Atlantic Press is publicly based out of Texas and Waid had every reason to know that they are based in Texas. The fact that he can try and argue he did not know Meyer is ALSO in Texas is IMO not relevant as the issue is the tortious interference. Which means knowing where Atlantic Press is is more important then knowing where Meyer is. There is also the matter that if Texas is NOT the proper jurisdiction, then what is the proper jurisdiction? The logical follow up to Waids argument is that it would be the southern district of California. But that is weak sauce, since the only tie that district has is the fact that Waid lives there. The incident that triggered the lawsuit and all the principles (except waid) do not come from that district.

Judge is going to deny the motion most likely (you never know sometimes), but its going to run up the costs. As was expected.
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I'd think waid should be the one worrying about the costs given he's got too lawyers working for him plus the difference between him and Zack's gofundme's and how they increased
 
andr0id psycho sho(ker said:
I'd think waid should be the one worrying about the costs given he's got too lawyers working for him plus the difference between him and Zack's gofundme's and how they increased
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Military calls it being stuck on stupid. You keep doing something that is clearly a bad idea but because it hasn't burned you "yet", you don't see a reason to not do it. Like strapping your grenades to the front of your chest armor instead of your back pouch. Just because a bullet has not impacted them "yet" does not mean they won't. In Waids case, he is used to beating back the people he has had call him on his bullshit with the threat of expensive litigation. He's never run into someone with the ammunition to actually fight back.
 
I can't get over the exhibits. They're attaching whole Tweet-storms, many of which only help make Meyers' case. And, like, Bleeding Cool articles. You'd have to be woke as hell to find any of this a persuasive argument on Waid's behalf. And it doesn't seem likely this Texan ex-Marine judge is going to be woke as hell.
 
MysteriousStranger said:
I can't get over the exhibits. They're attaching whole Tweet-storms, many of which only help make Meyers' case. And, like, Bleeding Cool articles. You'd have to be woke as hell to find any of this a persuasive argument on Waid's behalf. And it doesn't seem likely this Texan ex-Marine judge is going to be woke as hell.
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If it comes down to evidentiary issues, those blog posts are worthless, and are mostly from partisans in the very controversy the case is about. They reflect nothing but the opinions of the people who are trying to destroy Richard Meyer for criticizing their lack of professionalism and the low quality of the product they are selling.
 
Evidence used for MW defense seems to be the AP tweet denying Waid's involvement. Is this tweet the authorised statement from AP's owner or is it one of the unauthorised tweets made by the employee? I can't remember which statement was which. Anyway i can't wait for Ya boi's lawyer to turn up with AP's and Zack's SMS messages and at least two direct quotes from Waid about how he interfered in the contract.
 
Jub-Jub said:
Evidence used for MW defense seems to be the AP tweet denying Waid's involvement. Is this tweet the authorised statement from AP's owner or is it one of the unauthorised tweets made by the employee? I can't remember which statement was which. Anyway i can't wait for Ya boi's lawyer to turn up with AP's and Zack's SMS messages and at least two direct quotes from Waid about how he interfered in the contract.
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I believe all the posts were from "Brian" the social media guy.
 
MysteriousStranger said:
He's actually attached as an exhibit the Tweet where he says he's going to contact Antarctic, immediately followed by Antarctic's tweet that they're cancelling the contract.

Is this as re-tarded as I think, or am I missing a legal nuance?
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No it's as stupid as you think. Zaid is scalping Waid now which is fucking hilarious.
 
Jub-Jub said:
Anyway i can't wait for Ya boi's lawyer to turn up with AP's and Zack's SMS messages and at least two direct quotes from Waid about how he interfered in the contract.
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Zack's lawyer doesn't need to. WAID has attached those messages to his own statement. No shit. I'm telling you, his exhibits are stunningly unhelpful to his case.
 
How anatomically unlikely it is to fuck oneself up one's own ass, yet how often Waid and Zaid are pulling it off. With the regularity of a printing press. What a weird, crippled miracle.
 
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