{"id":4981,"date":"2004-08-29T19:02:55","date_gmt":"2004-08-29T23:02:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/formerlyknownas\/2004\/08\/29\/so-called-defamation\/"},"modified":"2011-08-05T14:58:29","modified_gmt":"2011-08-05T18:58:29","slug":"so-called-defamation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/2004\/08\/29\/so-called-defamation\/","title":{"rendered":"so-called defamation?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a title=\"a2041\" name=\"a2041\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span><span><font><font size=\"2\"><em><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/cyber.law.harvard.edu\/blogs\/static\/ethicalesq\/boywriting.gif\" border=\"0\" height=\"45\" width=\"57\" \/> <\/em><\/font><font color=\"black\" face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" size=\"2\"><strong><em><u>breathless<\/u> pundit<\/em><\/strong><\/font><font face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" size=\"2\"><strong><em> <u> <\/u><\/em><\/strong><\/font><\/font><\/span><\/span><br \/>\n<span><span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<font face=\"Times New Roman\"><a href=\"http:\/\/schenectadyny.cu.myareaguide.com\/spyellow.html?top=internal&amp;fromform=dsearch&amp;qs=NY&amp;qc=Schenectady&amp;qh=&amp;qn=Romolo+Versaci&amp;x=26&amp;y=11\"><font size=\"2\">Romolo Versaci <\/font><\/a><font size=\"2\">, an elderly Schenectady (NY) lawyer, has filed a $100,000 defamation suit <\/font><\/font><br \/>\n<font face=\"Times New Roman\" size=\"2\">against Diane C. Richie, an unemployed social worker and widow with two children.  <\/font><br \/>\n<font face=\"Times New Roman\"><font size=\"2\">Versaci claims &#8212; and Richie admits &#8212; that she called him a &#8220;<\/font><a href=\"http:\/\/www.schenectadyny.info\/cgi-bin\/Blah\/Blah.pl?b=cc,m=1093686829\"><font size=\"2\">so-called attorney<\/font><\/a><font size=\"2\">&#8221; on a<\/font><\/font><br \/>\n<font face=\"Times New Roman\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.schenectadyny.info\/\"><font size=\"2\">SchenectadyNY.info<\/font><\/a><font size=\"2\"> message board.  [read the rest of this story <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/stories\/storyReader$2044\">here<\/a>] <\/font><\/font><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<blockquote>\n<blockquote><p><font face=\"Times New Roman\"><br \/>\n<\/font><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><font face=\"Times New Roman\"><font face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\"><strong>what would <span><a href=\"http:\/\/webusers.xula.edu\/dlanoue\/issa\/index.html\"><font color=\"#ff0000\" face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" size=\"2\">Kobayashi Issa<\/font><\/a><\/span><font face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" size=\"2\"> <\/font> think of all this?<\/strong><\/font><\/font><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><font face=\"Times New Roman\"> <\/font><\/p>\n<p><font face=\"Times New Roman\"><br \/>\n<\/font><font face=\"Times New Roman\"><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">on the day of departure, too<br \/>\nshe leads&#8230;<br \/>\nthe widow goose<br \/>\n<\/font><\/font><\/p>\n<p><font face=\"Times New Roman\"><br \/>\n<\/font><font face=\"Times New Roman\"><font size=\"2\"><font face=\"Arial\"> <\/font><\/font><\/font><\/p>\n<p><font face=\"Times New Roman\"><br \/>\n<\/font><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><font face=\"Times New Roman\"><br \/>\n<\/font><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><font face=\"Times New Roman\"><br \/>\n<\/font><font face=\"Times New Roman\"><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><em>accusing the pine<br \/>\nof foolishness&#8230;<br \/>\nevening mist<\/em><\/font><\/font><\/p>\n<p><font face=\"Times New Roman\"><br \/>\n<\/font><font face=\"Times New Roman\"> <\/font><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><font face=\"Times New Roman\"><br \/>\n<\/font><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><span><font face=\"Times New Roman\"><font face=\"Times New Roman\" size=\"1\">translated by <\/font><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/2004\/06\/03#a1610\"><font color=\"#ff0000\" face=\"Times New Roman\" size=\"1\"><strong>David G. Lanoue<\/strong><\/font><\/a><font size=\"1\"><font face=\"Times New Roman\">  <span> <\/span><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/span><font face=\"Times New Roman\"><font face=\"Times New Roman\"> <\/font><\/font><\/p>\n<p><font face=\"Times New Roman\"><br \/>\n<\/font><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><font face=\"Times New Roman\"><br \/>\n<\/font><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><font face=\"Times New Roman\"><br \/>\n<\/font><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><font face=\"Times New Roman\"><br \/>\n<\/font><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><font face=\"Times New Roman\"><br \/>\n<\/font><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><font face=\"Times New Roman\"><br \/>\n<\/font><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><font face=\"Times New Roman\"><br \/>\n<\/font><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><font face=\"Times New Roman\"><br \/>\n<\/font><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><font face=\"Times New Roman\"><em><strong>                                             <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/cyber.law.harvard.edu\/blogs\/static\/ethicalesq\/gumballs.gif\" alt=\"gum balls\" \/><\/strong><\/em><\/font><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><font face=\"Times New Roman\"><br \/>\n<\/font><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><font face=\"Times New Roman\"><strong><\/strong> <\/font><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><font face=\"Times New Roman\"><br \/>\n<\/font><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><font face=\"Times New Roman\"><em><strong><font color=\"red\">Update <\/font><\/strong><\/em>(Aug. 30, 2004): At <em>Notes from the (Legal) Underground,<\/em> straight-shooter <a href=\"http:\/\/riverbendlaw.typepad.com\/about.html\">Evan Schaffer<\/a> has weighed in, with a rather telling headline: &#8220;But Make No Mistake: The So-Called Attorney Is a Real-Life, Lawsuit-Wielding, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.legalunderground.com\/2004\/08\/but_make_no_mis.html\">Good-for-Nothing Bully (IMHO)<\/a>,&#8221; and a raft of Comments.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font face=\"Times New Roman\"><br \/>\n<\/font><font face=\"Times New Roman\"><strong><em><font color=\"#ff0000\">Update <\/font><\/em><\/strong>(Aug. 31, 2004):  Overlawyer.com&#8217;s overlord, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.walterolson.com\/bio.html\">Walter Olson<\/a> posts on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.overlawyered.com\/archives\/001489.html\">His So-Called Reputation<\/a>.  And, <\/font><\/p>\n<p><font face=\"Times New Roman\"><br \/>\n<\/font><\/p>\n<ul><font face=\"Times New Roman\"><\/p>\n<li>On Sunday,  Federalist #84, of the <em>Crime &amp; Federalism<\/em> weblog, entered the fray, with a post entitled,  <a href=\"http:\/\/federalism.blogspot.com\/2004\/08\/why-dont-you-sue-me-tough-guy.html\"><font size=\"2\">Why Don&#8217;t You Sue Me, Tough Guy<\/font> <\/a>.  In addition to agreeing to accept process at his L.A. law office, Fed. 84 says, &#8220;Way to carry the torch, Versaci. Way to highlight for all the United States that lawyers are good people, not sharks.&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>Albany, NY, appellate lawyer, <a href=\"http:\/\/nylaw.typepad.com\/new_york_civil_law\/2004\/08\/schenectady_att.html\">Matthew Lerner covers<\/a> this tale at his weblog, <em>New York Civil Law<\/em>.  Thanks back at ya, Matthew.<\/li>\n<li>\nAnd Kevin Heller mentions it, and our understandilbly <em>in<\/em>describable website, at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.blawgchannel.com\/2004\/08\/new_york_blawge.html\">The Blawg Channel<\/a>.<\/li>\n<p><\/font><\/ul>\n<p><font face=\"Times New Roman\"><br \/>\n<\/font><font face=\"Times New Roman\">\u00a0<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font face=\"Times New Roman\"><br \/>\n<\/font><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><font face=\"Times New Roman\"> <\/font><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>breathless pundit Romolo Versaci , an elderly Schenectady (NY) lawyer, has filed a $100,000 defamation suit against Diane C. Richie, an unemployed social worker and widow with two children. Versaci claims &#8212; and Richie admits &#8212; that she called him a &#8220;so-called attorney&#8221; on a SchenectadyNY.info message board. 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