CBS/Paramount sues to stop Axanar

[Nerys Myk]

Can you imagine Alec Peters going into his schtick of, "I'm full of awesome-sauce, you're a hating nobody loser," towards the judge?
That rhetorical nonsense might fly on the internet but in a courtroom AP is in for huge surprise.

Would a trained lawyer ( who was smart enough not to practice) do such a thing?

 

[jespah]

Both teams of lawyers have been ordered to come up with a mutually agreed upon plan for the discovery phase, which they are required to submit by April 18th. The first day in court will be May 8th. I think that's all there is, officially.

May 9, actually.

 

[Red Shirt]

Would a trained lawyer ( who was smart enough not to practice) do such a thing?

You can bet your tribbles he would. His lawyers are going to have their hands full keeping AP's mouth/ego in check when he's on the stand in court.

 

[Karzak]

I knew I'd mess that date up. I joked over the weekend that it was nearly seven years to the day (May 8, 2009) that JJ Abrams' Star Trek premiered. Thanks for the correction, @jespah !

 

[Karzak]

Also relevant.... seen on Facebook:

 

[Nerys Myk]

You can bet your tribbles he would. His lawyers are going to have their hands full keeping AP's mouth/ego in check when he's on the stand in court.

LAWYER: I'd like to invoke a gag rule on my client!
JUDGE: That's not how it works!
LAWYER: Pleeeease!!!!!!

 

[Red Shirt]

 

[urbandefault]

You can bet your tribbles he would. His lawyers are going to have their hands full keeping AP's mouth/ego in check when he's on the stand in court.

I can't imagine his lawyers ever letting him testify. Surely they're smarter than that.

 

[Karzak]

I can't imagine his lawyers ever letting him testify. Surely they're smarter than that.

Oh, I'm sure Alec used his tried and true charms on Ms. Ranahan:

 

[Indysolo]

Do you think he mentioned the coffee to them yet?

Neil

 

[Karzak]

You mean this coffee?

 

[Franklin]

I still can't see this getting as far as the courtroom. His lawyers may look at it after discovery and think it's not worth it. Settle for almost anything. CBS/P is going to have to decide if it's financially worth it at that point, too, especially since all that seems to be happening now is Peters' lawyers are swamping CBS/P in details and causing them to run up a huge legal bill. I'm also beginning to wonder if Peters' lawyers still think taking this on pro bono was such a good idea for their firm. If this goes to trial, they'll easily be out six figures for a result that's getting more and more unlikely to have anything favorable in it for them.

 

[HIjol]

"...a portion of the sales price goes directly to the filmmakers of..."

That woke me up this morning!

...where does the rest go?

 

[Franklin]

"...a portion of the sales price goes directly to the filmmakers of..."

That woke me up this morning!

...where does the rest go?

Wait for it ---




CARPET!

 

[Indysolo]

You mean this coffee?

You missed one.

Neil

 

[Nerys Myk]

You missed one.

Neil

No longer available

 

[Indysolo]

No longer available

"Limited Edition".

Neil

 

[HMS Ark Royal]

Also relevant.... seen on Facebook:

It would be terrible if some person was to, oh, I don't know... tweet that to Peters and the Axanar team

 

[Professor Zoom]

Wait for it ---




CARPET!

I suspect the other portion might be going to those selling the coffee. In the form of profit....

 

[HMS Ark Royal]

I suspect the other portion might be going to those selling the coffee. In the form of profit....

Given the fact he seems to have split from Diana, perhaps it was another sort of carpet he wanted to lay