Comments on: “‘Greedy’ Stanford Law Grad Must Pay $630K in Legal Fees Over Meritless Art Suit” http://overlawyered.com/2009/04/%e2%80%98greedy%e2%80%99-stanford-law-grad-must-pay-630k-in-legal-fees-over-meritless-art-suit/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=%25e2%2580%2598greedy%25e2%2580%2599-stanford-law-grad-must-pay-630k-in-legal-fees-over-meritless-art-suit Chronicling the high cost of our legal system Sun, 27 May 2012 16:39:29 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Dirk D http://overlawyered.com/2009/04/%e2%80%98greedy%e2%80%99-stanford-law-grad-must-pay-630k-in-legal-fees-over-meritless-art-suit/comment-page-1/#comment-47361 Dirk D Sat, 25 Apr 2009 13:16:59 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/?p=10753#comment-47361 "—So if it was merit-less then wasn’t the auction house at fault in agreeing to settle?" They didn't settle. He tried to extort a settlement and they called his bluff. “—So if it was merit-less then wasn’t the auction house at fault in agreeing to settle?”

They didn’t settle. He tried to extort a settlement and they called his bluff.

]]> By: E. Gerard http://overlawyered.com/2009/04/%e2%80%98greedy%e2%80%99-stanford-law-grad-must-pay-630k-in-legal-fees-over-meritless-art-suit/comment-page-1/#comment-47317 E. Gerard Sat, 25 Apr 2009 05:26:28 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/?p=10753#comment-47317 "a greedy individual, with the advantage of a legal education and a claimed litigation experience, has initiated and maintained this lawsuit, which anyone with a modicum of common sense would have realized was without merit.” ---So if it was merit-less then wasn't the auction house at fault in agreeing to settle? “a greedy individual, with the advantage of a legal education and a claimed litigation experience, has initiated and maintained this lawsuit, which anyone with a modicum of common sense would have realized was without merit.”

—So if it was merit-less then wasn’t the auction house at fault in agreeing to settle?

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