Jack Thompson Fires Back at EA, Says He Has a Client with a T2 Claim

Jack Thompson Fires Back at EA, Says He Has a Client with a T2 Claim

March 6, 2008
...so by now you've read Electronic Arts stinging dismissal of controversial attorney Jack Thompson's offer to help it acquire Take Two Interactive. We've just received from Thompson this copy of his response to EA:
I have in the last few days been contacted by a company with whom Take-Two does business.  This company is now my client. 

My client informs me that Take-Two has breached a substantial contract with it.  It appears based upon what my client tells me that this is how Take-Two does business within the industry.  This does not surprise me, as I have seen this same company up-close for a number of years.  But it is surely gratifying to get corroboration of my observations, out of the blue, from a corporate entity which has been stiffed  by Take-Two and which must take legal action, it seems, to get recompense.  How sweet.

If you all at EA want to pursue a purchase of Take-Two without fully knowing what is “out there” in the form of liabilities, posed by my client and others, of your take-over target, you got [sic] right ahead.  I’m sure EA’s shareholders will be impressed with your lack of “due diligence” exhibited first by your “don’t help us, Mr. Thompson” and now your anticipated “we don’t want to know about contractual liabilities of Take-Two” posture.  Maybe the new corporate logo of EA should incorporate an ostrich...
 
Your corporate approach to due diligence exhibits the type of circle-the-wagons acumen that is leading the video game industry to the federal regulation that ESA’s own leaked poll indicates 65% of Americans want.

Comments

So let me get this straight. John Bruce offered to help EA aquire T2. EA refuses his "help". He claims to have not received that rejection letter. He threatens to cause problems for EA for not accepting his help.

I think Iam on the level here.

I bet his idea of "helping" EA was to use this "client" of his to force T2 into considering the aquisition. But since EA doesn't want his "help" he is going to use this "client" to threaten EA into accepting his help.

Lovely.
I wonder if John Bruce fully disclosed to his "client" that he's facing disbarment and may very well not be able to function as their attorney for much longer.

You'll notice how he doesn't mention his "client's" name.

Too bad the rules and regulations of law don't require an attorney to divulge the identity of a "client" that the attorney envokes while making legal threats.

But I guess that's something else John Bruce would oppose. After all, if he couldn't make legal threats against someone without anything to actually back up his threats, he'd claim it was a violation of his Rights as a Christian (much like the lawsuit he had brought claiming the Florida Bar was trying to prevent him from using his religious beliefs in the performance of his job, which the lawsuit failed of course).

Nightwng2000
NW2K Software
@ vellocet

Well I'm sure that he plays GTA ;)
Why? do you ask.
Well here's evidence that he plays GTA, or should I say, some portion of it.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=NVAVLOXc4dE&feature=PlayList&p=BA01B64C6106AC...

But on the serious note, yeah, Elvis and Beatles were blamed as well by people who couldn't comprehend what it was all about back in days...
Leaked ESA poll? This is the first time I've heard of this. I'm sure it's another lie or exaggeration of his.
"If he doesn’t submit anything does that mean he automatically loses?"

He's submitted several things. I read it on the Forum.

And ANYONE who defends Jack Thompson has a fool for a client.
So did jacks' client waive attorney client privilage? Cause if they haven't Jack would be breaking the law by communicating his clients knowledge to EA or to anyone else. What a brilliant student of law this guy is.
So, stop me if I'm missing something here:

1. JT owns Take Two stock
2. JT is suing Take Two
3. JT is offering his assistance to take over Take Two, and presumably his lawsuit would still continue against the new owners after the takeover.

He may be setting a new record for multiple conflicts of interest in the same matter here.
And we were singing...

Bye bye Mr Mad Lawyer Guy,
You abused the Constitution and was happy to lie,
I wonder if you will ever figure out why,
You are standing in the benefit line...
Standing in the benefit line...

Sorry, was listening to Don Mclean earlier :)
@jab49
"I’m thinking of studying for 3 weeks and becoming a lawyer in Florida, it obviously can’t be very hard"

why spend a whole 3 weeks?
Jack has done it again. It's difficult to comprehend such a level of stupidity! Forgive me, but I am a bit out of the loop when it comes to the "Poll" he mentions. :-/ Is it real? Is it yet another "fact" Jack's made up? Either way Video Games are art, and no one has any business censoring art.
Hehe yes and the remaining .1% is just a bit smarter than him...
Edit - hey it linked it automatically. How handy.
Crazy is bottomless.
I think JT's on to something. Picture-book lawsuit threats could be the wave of the future.
Are you sure you have a client Jack Thompson? Are you sure it isn't...nothing?
Oh great, Jack's sending pictures again. Yeah, he passed the insane level way long ago. As for JT's client, it wouldn't surprise me if it was all in his head.
I personally think that Thompson's client is none other than...himself.

Now, he insult the company that refused his "help". Now, I think EA won't let him get away with it. After all, they were so adamant about defending their games and employees.
Hah, unless that "client" is a company as big as T2, I really doubt it'll affect the sale...

Posturing again.

I'm going to enjoy watching EA tell him to stuff it again and again.
Ummm... does Jacko realize that EA is the publisher of Counter-Strike? Since Jacko also has a boner for Counter-Strike you would think that he would have something against EA too. Of course logic and consistency are not things that Jacko is known for...
At least it wasn't a picture of man-on-ostrich love...
Even if there really was a company why in the hell would they pick Jack to represent them? This is just him trying to scare them out of buying Take Two.
I thought that he wasn't allowed to take legal action against Take Two. Doesn't what this "client" of his constitute legal action?
Seeing as he probably won't be an attorney much longer, I hope his "client" is looking into alternate representation...
"I have in the last few days been contacted by a company with whom Take-Two does business. This company is now my client. "

congratulations. nobody cares.
He has a "client"? Hah. Yeah right. You know, Jack, after a certain age children should stop talking to their invisible friends.
I smell bullshit on a stick....minus the stick.
@nightwng2000

"You’ll notice how he doesn’t mention his “client’s” name.... Too bad the rules and regulations of law don’t require an attorney to divulge the identity of a “client” that the attorney envokes while making legal threats."

My guess? It's a tiny software company that T2 out-sourced some work to. Or a service provider of some kind. Every large company has it's skeletons in the closet. Remember EA's pay scandal?

@vellocet

He's not allowed to take action against T2 with regards to video games or their content. "breach of contract" would likely fall outside that. Then again, read on.

I seriously doubt it's a big client if he managed to secure them so quickly. Anyone who mattered has their own legal beagles to handle this. For JT to pick someone up, it must be either a very small (think garage) firm, an individual (maybe someone who was fired), or ... he's posturing by fudging "breach of contract" out of "they promised not to sell to kids"...
I think vollocet nailed it. Empty threats are empty. Especially when you're legally bound not to do what you're claiming.
I'm confused. Originally Thompson wanted to help EA in acquiring T2, right? But now he's warning EA about possible liabilities, which to me seems like a warning to EA to not acquire T2?

So… what’s he trying to do besides make himself look like a total dolt (even more so than usual)?

Correct me if I'm wrong, please.
How does a raving lunatic like Thompson become a lawyer who is obviously making enough money to spend all his time filing nutball lawsuits, while hard working sane people can barely scape by? Perhaps I'm living in the wrong state.

Time to put on my Crazy hat and start practicing law in Florida suing anyone who does not crack their eggs from the little end first.
This man is an ass.
He is probably pulling this out of his ass.
His so called "client" could be anything, such as local coffeeshop near T2 office. As long as that "client" and T2 have some kind of business connection of some kind.
Then again, it could be something that is all in Jackos head :D
It's an empty threat. There is no "client."

And even if there was a client, they'd be crazy to hire JT as their lawyer since I'm guessing his ability in corporate law is about on par with his ability in Constitutional law.
Generally speaking, when you write a demand letter for a client, you clearly state what caused the problem and then you demand redress. The last part of a demand letter deals with the consequences of not meeting the demand.

If this client exists and if there is a valid demand - the one time that Jack gets to write a legitimate "or else" letter and he blows it.

Of course, an actual demand letter cannot be published so there is no client and there is no demand to be met.

And this guy is not disbarred how?
@nightwng2000:
"You’ll notice how he doesn’t mention his “client’s” name. "

He never has to cite anything for it to be true, didn't you know that? He doesn't have to give references or cite studies as long as HE knows they exist and prove his point.

@MRK@
"How does a raving lunatic like Thompson become a lawyer who is obviously making enough money to spend all his time filing nutball lawsuits, while hard working sane people can barely scape by?"

Hi wife is also a lawyer, a normal one who does her job properly instead of sending out nonsensical lawsuits based on perceived persecution, and who I imagine has never written insulting letters and press releases regarding those who she has opposed in court.

This is patently false. EVERYONE in the gaming industry has heard of this idiot and they all know of his reputation and, unfortunately for him, of his current predicament. No-one in their right mind would take him on as a lawyer. That would be like signing a guy who's legs and arms are going to be amputated as your new quarterback.
Why would anyone hire this pinhead as an attorney? The guy keep losing his own suits, how could anyone possibly have any faith in him?
Any game company that associates itself with Thompson is going to see a lot of gamers shunning their work.
I wouldn't want to be represented by a lawyer who uses the words "How sweet" when handling my case..
[...] Gamepolitics.com are reporting a new statement from Jack Thompson in regards to both Take-Two and Electronic Arts. His saber rattling has begun against the rebuttal: I have in the last few days been contacted by a company with whom Take-Two does business.  This company is now my client.  [...]
JBT makes me wonder how easy the Florida bar is to pass, I mean this idiot is just foaming out the mouth in insanity.
go stick your head in the sand JT. do us all a favor. your arrogance and stupidity..are just getting to be a headache for us.
This guy acts like a child. He takes extreme offense to everything that people say to him, and uses that to go on some ridiculous tirade against them. Didn't he think EA was supporting porn in The Sims 2 years ago? And then didn't he want to help EA 2 days ago? And now he thinks they should add an ostrich to their logo because they don't want his help?
I know this has been mentioned in other stories but I can't help but be reminded of that South Park episode "Manbearpig". I can just imagine JT acting like Al Gore in that episode "But Take-Two is trying to turn all our kids into Manchurian Candidates and selling murder simulators and I'm trying to tell everyone and no one is listening to me and I'm being super cereal!"
If my toes were made of broccoli I would rule the world.
And who is this "client"? Is it the same "hardcore gamer" who was working with JT and found hidden sex and blood in Bully?

I seriously doubt there is any client involved.
I'm saying it now..... bi-polar!
I don't think mommy or daddy hugged him enough as a child.
Aw, does nobody want to play with JT? You tried so hard to get on EA's kickball team, but no one wants to play with you. So now you throw a tantrum. How sweet.
Watch the lawsuit action as JT tries to jump over a shark, on a very special episode of Game Politics.

Seriously, now JT's just becoming desperate for attention. Someone should cancel his license to practice law already.
I think there IS a client somewhere. Otherwise he's making false statements in order to attempt to attract more business (from EA), which is a pretty big ethics violation that even JT would have a hard time weaseling out of. His tactics are questionable sometimes, but I don't think he's so foolish as to leave himself vulnerable to such a big liability.
@Salen

When that day comes, someone really should bake a cake with texts stating "Happy Disbarment! Jack Thompson"
I'm a little more annoyed that he's clinging to that (presumably) bogus poll. But what can I expect from him? :/
He's so freakin lying >_>.
Go Bruce, Go!
When was that ruling on the disbarment supposed to happen?
"video game industry to the federal regulation that ESA’s own leaked poll indicates 65% of Americans want."

oh god hes not using that poll again is he?
and at the very least could hr get the info on that poll right?
last i checked 65% want whats in place to be enforced not new regulations.
seriously a drunken toddler going through the "mine!" phase is less annoying then this guy.
It's a Dunkin' Donuts that says that T2 got a TWO dip cone, but only paid for a one dip cone.

To tell the truth, I have a question.

EA wants to buy T2.

T2 says "We don't want you to buy us."

Now, JT comes in and says "I'll help you buy T2!"

EA says "We don't want your help."

JT says "Fine! Then I know someone who knows someone who said that T2 sucks, you shouldn't buy them!"

Um... isn't JT playing into T2's hands right now?

I think that throughout all of this, JT doesn't know what he wants. Maybe JT isn't crazy. Maybe it's his other personalities that are crazy.
I think I'll stroll over to Florida tomorrow and take the Bar exam. It can't be that difficult to pass.
Within the month
:)
T2 may be a bit of a black sheep at times but I've never heard complaints about their actual business practices. Quite the opposite, I've always been lead to believe that they keep their noses pretty clean in that aspect, focusing all their attention on being controversial in other ways.

If you all at EA want to pursue a purchase of Take-Two without fully knowing what is “out there” in the form of liabilities, posed by my client and others, of your take-over target, you got [sic] right ahead. I’m sure EA’s shareholders will be impressed with your lack of “due diligence” exhibited first by your “don’t help us, Mr. Thompson” and now your anticipated “we don’t want to know about contractual liabilities of Take-Two” posture. Maybe the new corporate logo of EA should incorporate an ostrich…


Wow, J.B. Way to abuse the legal system for what is essentially blackmail once you remove all the grit.
nightwng2000 Says:

March 6th, 2008 at 10:08 am
I wonder if John Bruce fully disclosed to his “client” that he’s facing disbarment and may very well not be able to function as their attorney for much longer.
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Yeah, why would a corporation hire an attorney that may not be one for much longer? Wouldn't that be a waste of money and time. Further, wouldn't an attorney that specializes in corporate/contractual law be a better choice, as opposed to one that plays the role of Chicken Little and the boy that cried wolf all rolled up into one loser of a human being?

Wasn't this "Let me help you" and subsequent "no thanks" the final straw for Bin Laden? How long before JT goes all Unabomber on the industry? He's looking more and more like a kid that wants to hang out with the cool kids but keeps getting scorned.
@mogbert,

Maybe JT is trying to use reverse psychology.
It's just a matter of time before the Bar get's rid of him. They might just be waiting for the Show Cause order to finish up. And God only knows how long he'll try to drag that out.

Though, You have to admit that even though he is childish and arrogant. You'd miss his antics.
J.B. does too have a client!

She's Canadian, she lives in Canada! You don't know her!

He talks to her on the phone after supper, and he's going to go visit her this summer!

DOES TOO!
Ever wonder why broccoli is reluctant to play checkers?

The answer lies in trepidation. We are creatures of the shoelace, lost in purple.

The koala knows.
Chris Wallace, Lawyer,
"Of course, an actual demand letter cannot be published so there is no client and there is no demand to be met."

We're talking about John Bruce here. Mr. "The Florida Bar is an illegal organization because it sets forth rules and policies that try to prevent me from doing whatever the hell I want to do to everyone else and dosen't prevent others from doing the same thing to me" and Mr. "It's my way or my way, there is no other way". Do you really think that if it were a REAL demand letter that he publicized and someone complained, he wouldn't jump on the "violation of my First Amendment Rights" bandwagon as he's done before?

Nightwng2000
NW2K Software
I can just imagine what he would have said to them if talking to one another.


EA Rep: Listen Jack, We don't really need your help with our buying out TT. There's just the whole you trying to sue us thing from a few years ago.

Jacko: Well... I didn't need your help anyway. I've got someone who wants me to sue Take Two for them.

EA Rep: Really? Thats, uh, great for you..... I suppose

Jacko: And when I win and get TT shut down, You aren't getting anything from me... I mean, my client.

EA Rep: If you say so
I have a client, that only I can see and hear. They only talk to me and they informed me that Take Two makes GTA games and they are the devil.

I swear to god I am going to laugh my ass off when he says his client is the ghost who never lies.

@Haiwali
Chef Brian seems to fit JT's persona perfectly in this instance.
@Helpless Kitten

Before Zelnick there was Eibler and he was named worst CEO of 2005. Stockholders made a coup and forced him out.

But since Zelnick's been in charge, things have gotten significantly better. EA should have made they're takeover bid just after Zelnick replaced him or even before Eibler left. They would've gotten it a LOT cheaper. But of course there wasn't this crazy merging fever going on in the industry back then.
What worries me is that in case JT is totally and absolutely cornered.

He can go totally berserk (so to speak) guns blazing, and blame games "GTA made me do it!" Just in vain try to prove him right (in his twisted way).

That scares bejesus out me. Seriously.
@Prometheus

But then... GTA would have really made him do it (in a way). Not that he ever played it. Which is in the end the real problem with detractors of video games. The mere existence of something they don't understand scares the bejeezus out of them.
Thompson basically said, "oh yeah? Well fuck you!".
Maybe the His Douchebagness should've said that he has material information to present to EA when he made his introduction.

How in the hell does he ever get ANYWHERE with others? He doesn't have a clue about how to conduct himself professionally.
Dang it, Demontestament got both of mine. I was going to point out Haiwali
Checf Brian's impersonation (quite well too) and "the got who never lies."

Let's see how well you read my mind with my... mind ray blocking hat on!

I have to say, there isn't anything that makes one feel so good as a bumbling enemy. I mean, that's why Batman looks so cool, he keeps going up against rejects. I mean come on, they have no super powers and use the same MO so much they are predictable. Penguin escaped? Look for the art museum that is hosting a bird exibit. Or the Riddler, who's super power is to tell everyone what his plans are... in advance.

It's so easy fighting back against JT because he is so bad at what he does. I think it is because he didn't find his destiny. Think about it, with just a little more sanity, he could have been a very good chair for the CPSC, fighting back against lead tainted products. I could easily have seen him as a school vice principle. If we ever invent a time machine, we need to go to the past and set JT on the right course where he could live his life out happily where he fits in and would actually help humanity.
I bet JT's client is Bugs Bunny.
Ostriches don't stick their heads in sand. It has never been observed outside a cartoon. Instead, they kick your balls off.
"How does a raving lunatic like Thompson become a lawyer who is obviously making enough money to spend all his time filing nutball lawsuits, while hard working sane people can barely scape by?"

@MRK, the word on the street is that he's being supported by his wife, who apparently is loaded.
I have to think that any company willing to go to someone as disreputable as Jack would have to be pretty disreputable themselves, leading to T2 wanting/needing to break a contract with them. If I had a legitimate gripe against Take 2 or Rockstar then Jack is the last person I would want representing me, but then maybe that is why they don't want him saying who they are.

Or maybe they don't exist at all.

Jack need to grow a Snidely Whiplash mustache.

"So you don't want my help, EA? Fine then , you shall rue this day, for I shall destroy you as well! Muahahaha" *twirls mustache villainously*

Although I have to say that the idea of Jack trying to take on Ea brings to mind the image of someone taking on a Borg cube with a hang glider armed only with a wooden sword.
"This guy acts like a child."

@Glen, you got that right. Never ceases to amaze me. It's one thing to do this in your personal life, but to act like that when you're supposed to be Important Lawyer Person is a whole another thing.

He's DEFINITELY got some sort of personality disorder. I'm going with an extreme case of narcissistic egomania combined with anger management issues. He really should seek some help for that.
"I have in the last few days been contacted by a company with whom Take-Two does business. This company is now my client."

O RLY..?
@Void Munashii
Jack need to grow a Snidely Whiplash mustache.
He tried that once. Well, a mustache, at any rate. It made him look even dumber.
Please... no... more... JACK... THOMPSON!!!

(read it like Kirk would)

I can perhaps add something. Cue lip trembling:

JAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAACK!
I wonder if he hears voices, I really do. That would explain all his inane rantings and righteous attitude; he's not wrong, the voices tell him that he's right.
Gamepolitics needs a spinoff blog just for JT stories, or maybe a biweekly Thompson roundup (kept behind a cut). Like the Sunday funnies, or Caturday.
Diane, Maybe we should make it a GP member project. A repository for all JT-related stories and wikiquotes, plus snippets from other magazines (EGM has done a story on JT's work). Although I believe someone is already running a JT "fan" site.
Does Jack's "client" know he's never like... won a case in anything involving a games company?
Yup, if I was EA and he said something like that, I would humiliate him in public, and then give him the finger. Jacko, grow a brain.
Jack is a genuinely funny person.
Ooh.. a mixture of JT and Caturday!
"I can has lawsoot naow?"
"GTA... DO NOT WANT!"
"Goin to teh cort, brb."
"Invisible show cause!"
"I WON! Wait... wut?"
Hm, I'm wondering if there are some kind of quota of posting...

One reply I posted earlier isn't up yet...
ahahahahhahahaha "invisible show cause" brilliant!
Even if he has a client, how much longer is he going to be able to have clients? A month?
now why would someone in their right mind, hire JT, a man with no known corporate law experience to deal with a breach of contract? while we're at it, let's let the receptionist be co-council! Seriously, I know a corporate lawyer, great guy, but put him in a room with thompson over a contractual dispute and he'd tear JT limb from limb. I still think there's no client, and I can't wait until we get the results of the disbarment hearing. Say buh-bye to your legal career JT, wait that would imply you actually had a legal career in the past decade or so...my mistake.
Speaking of ostriches, how far do you think Jack has his career in the dirt by now?
Of course you have a business connection that nobody else can see, Jack. Sure you do...
He's shooting blanks on this one as always.
This guy is like Chemical Ali. Isn't he being hung in the next 30 days for his crimes? Chemical Ali I mean...although...there's an idea.
Isn't JT a Take Two shareholder?

Conflict of interests and all that.
I also wonder if JT's giving himself too much credit here. If T2 has a financial liability, it's probably on the books somewhere and EA may well know about it already. If it's only someone who can potentially sue T2, well, who cares? Something can't be almost a liability, either it is or it isn't. If the lawsuit is underway then there's paperwork and EA will probably find it. If the lawsuit isn't happening yet, or it just got filed, then I'm not sure what JT would expect - he'd be calling out EA for trying to take over a company, one that's facing litigation, litigation that EA doesn't know about, when the reason EA doesn't know about it is that JT just filed it.
He should be forced to disclose the identity of that "client" immediately or face libel charges.
I don't know why he used the ostrich metophor since they do not actually put their heads in the sand, only lowering them to the ground to look out for danger.
Oh, come on! If there was such a company he would've come running and laughing manically AGES ago and saying he finally had SOMETHING to ruin T2 forever!
I bet that Thompson thinks if EA buys T2, GTA would either not be as violent or may not even exist anymore. This is why he is pulling for the takeover I think.
Little reminder to EA: Jack's boring, and your legs work.
Personally, I want EA to take Thompson in. Mostly for the sheer fact I don't like EA, subsadaries on the other hand, I love them. I don't want them to kill another great series, C&C and MoH use to be great now they have been butcherd.

Anyways, anyone else want to try there hands at a florida bar?
I wonder if someday they will make a movie about Jack Thompson live?
***life...
Blah blah blah, what happened to Thompson having to show cause why he shouldn't have to show cause as to why he's not required to have another lawyer sign off on his ridiculous filings that was due on the 5th? If he doesn't submit anything does that mean he automatically loses?

Like the old saying goes, "a lawyer who defends himself has a fool for a client."
This is from Conejo from the ECA Forums. Hope he doesn't mind me posting it to clarify getwellgamers' question.

"so... since the 19th where Thompson was given his Show Cause he has filed 9 more times. one Response to the Show Cause, followed five days later by FIVE supplemental responses, another motion to disqualify the judges, the Quo Warranto (usually used to imply the official is not valid), and yet another motion to stay the trial.

02/21/2008 RESPONSE RESPONDENT'S PRELIMINARY RESPONSE TO SUPREME COURT'S ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE"
02/26/2008 SUPPLEMENTAL RESPONSE
02/26/2008 SUPPLEMENTAL RESPONSE
02/26/2008 SUPPLEMENTAL RESPONSE
02/26/2008 SUPPLEMENTAL RESPONSE
02/26/2008 MOTION-RECUSAL/DISQUALIFICATION
02/26/2008 PETITION-QUO WARRANTO
02/27/2008 SUPPLEMENTAL RESPONSE
02/28/2008 MOTION-STAY"
@Grayswandir

Conflict of interest is exactly the first thing that came to mind.

"Here, let me help you sue the company I'm a part of."
Clause 2 of Jack's Settlement Agreement with T2 assures that he will not communicate to anyone doing business with T2 (e.g., EA and its take-over bid) any accusation that the company committed any wrongdoing in selling its games. Isn't he in breach by his communication to EA?
If EA stock holder care about what EA does, then they should know the gaming industry, which includes Jack Thompson. I think EA stock holders would ignore/defend against anything that Jack Thompson is going to say about EA.
Translation of the letter: "WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
@Richard:

So wait, he "showed" his cause on the 21st of Feb?

Dennis, why didn't we hear about any of this?! Thompson's filings are like a magazine subscription, "Crazy Lawyer Weekly" or something. It's one of my favorite subscriptions! D:
@Richard:

As if wallpapering the hallways of the Court with his filings wasn't what got him in hot water in the first place. Oh, boy.

Any one know how Jack's appearance before the Supremes went? Wasn't it yesterday?
Oh man, Jack really better have a legitimate client now or he's about to enter a whole new world of pain. Making false public accusations to try and disrupt a business transaction is a very, very bad idea. IANAL but I think he could be getting into the SEC's domain and if so, he's really screwed now.
He was told to show cause somewhere around the 21st. His deadline was March 5. I think his newest lawsuit against the bar was submitted on that day.
@getwellgamers:

Not as I recall. His Preliminary Response didn't in any way attempt to justify his actions as legitimate or otherwise excusable (which is what "showing cause" requires). Rather, his 2/21 filing -- as usual and as I suspect all his supplemental filings do -- just rants and raves against the Court and all the other usual suspects in the vast conspiracy. It's the old "Hide Behind a Cloud of Ink" trick that Jack so loves to perform.
This really doesn't matter in the grand scale of things. He can say he has a "Client", but without citing who this client is.. He's just saying he's full of it. I hope he gets disbarred when GTA IV comes out, or maybe a little bit before.
@Zerodash:

As I understood it, the Supremes were requiring Mr. Thompson to physically appear in Tallahassee before them on March 5th for a hearing on the matter.
I know this is a JT thread but I shall throw some logic in here anyway...

To me it's clear who this mystery client is based on the facts:

-JT is facing disbarment
-JT is facing a show clause order that if not met he cannot file more motions before the court
-JT has not won a case in the realm of the video game industry

Which brings the questions others have already raise... Who in their right mind would hire such a lawyer to represent them in a video game merger and aquisition situation?

Logically no one in their right mind.

So that leaves only ONE possible answer for who JT's mystery client...

JT's client is JT himself. He omitted this because it would make the letter he sent look even that more derranged than it already does.

I feel this also proves the proverbial gallows floor has dropped beneath JT's career and he's feeling that rope pulling on him now.

NOTE TO JT: At no time did I threaten you or your life sir. My metaphor is simply pointing out that your career path is coming to an end.
Go ahead and make threats to the son of a *****.
Let's see how he looks suing just a random person.

Second Jack it's you that doesn't understand the gaming industry.
Is it my imagination, or is he implying that if EA were to enlist him in a TT takeover, that he would reveal potentially confidential information about his "client's" dealings with TT?
who called it
who fucking called it
@jccalhoun

You realise that Valve is the publisher of counterstrike right?
" As I understood it, the Supremes were requiring Mr. Thompson to physically appear in Tallahassee before them on March 5th for a hearing on the matter."

Postponed as Diana Ross was busy that night,,
I'll get my coat...
This man is seriously mentally ill. All jokes aside, there is something so very, very off in his head.

His license should have been yanked the first 230983049853 times he did some crazy shit. Hopefully those mistakes will soon be rectified.
@Alcsethon

Valve are the digital publishers and programmers, but EA are the in-store CD/DVD/Blu-Ray publishers of CS:S.
If you buy it in a shop on DVD, its EA published. EA publish all of Valves work. Orange Box 360 & PS3 were EA published too.
ANyone care to explain why Bruce keeps slamming his hand in a car door? I mean even an animal knows when to give up.
Jack: I'd like to call my 1st witness.....GOD!
God: I saw Take Two plotting to turn our children evil…
Take-Two President : No, you told me to make this game for adults and not children!
Jack: Is it true my God?
God : Uh… Hey, hey! ... Well, I had not imagined that you two would be in the same place! Hum… Actually… Hum… I am a little embarrassed… Well, I will let you…[leaves]
Just a few more months and we won't have to hear from this idiot ever again. Disbar him this time guys!
His name is mud in the legal community and among gamers. What is his major malfunction?

Idiot needs to get disbarred and kicked out of the country.
oh great, uncle jack has found another imaginary friend...
Did anyone else catch the recent letter from Jack to Pres. Bush in which Jack complains to George (as Commander-in-Chief of the U.S. military) that the courtroom where his Florida Bar proceeding was heard contained a U.S. flag with a gold fringe but by law a gold-fringed flag is only allowed to be displayed before a U.S. military tribunal and not a civilian court and therefore the Florida Bar proceeding is an illegal military tribunal which Bush, as Commander-in-Chief, must immediately halt? It's good stuff.

He's also been ranting and raving about the Loyalty Oath paperwork that Florida judges are required to file not being filed as required in several instances and therefore several judges -- including, of course, the judge in his disciplinarry proceeding, Dava Tunis and a few of the Supreme Court Justices -- are and have been without legal authority to decide cases. He's claiming that anyone who's had a decision recently rendered by these judges has a clear grounds upon which to seek reversal.

Wow. Just, "wow."
Only game company I could imagine that'd be twisted enough to hire him... Left behind games.

Which, ironically, Jack Thompson dislikes because of the "Left Behind" game, where if you can't convert targets to Christianity, you kill them.
He really doesn't take his little "crusade" seriously.

And again, self importance isn't the same as actual importance.
Is anyone else vaguely reminded of when he tried to threaten Microsoft? This is EA, the godzilla of the industry. Unless his "client" is galactus, I doubt it'll matter. EA EATS clients for breakfast. Unless it's federal government, DOD, maybe the european union or the IRS, I suspect that sound I'm hearing is the sound of no one caring.
@Jackdon'tknowjack

Where did you see that? The only places I know to keep up with Jack are here and the Justice Building Blog, neither of which have been reporting on him as much.
@Richard:

Try jaablog at jaablog(dot)jaablaw(dot)com. It's one of those sites where, despite -- or, perhaps, in spite of -- repeated requests to go away, Jack-O keeps posting.
[...] This is proper bonkers. Jack Thompson has now accused EA of lack of due diligence in its attempt to take over Take-Two following the publishers rebuttal this morning of Jack’s offer to “help” with the deal. Thompson says he has a client that’s been heavily “stiffed” by Take-Two, a tale he sees an endemic to the way the publisher does business. [...]
Dude....just stop....
I think Jack's client may just be a stuffed tiger who goes on many adventures with him :)
I had to post this. The irony is so strong it may put you in a coma.

http://jaablog.jaablaw.com/2008/02/29/norm-kent-for-norml.aspx

Norm Kent rights an article about the legalisation of pot, Jack responds with:

"Jack Thompson, Attorney wrote:
Dearest Norm,

The First Amendment allows you to petition the government to change or repeal the drug laws. The First Amendment does not give you the right to violate the laws you don't like."


I actually spat out the orange juice I was drinking whilst reading that.
@Matriculated

Wow that is so hypocritical. He's so full of bs.
Why do people still think Ostriches bury their head in the sand? That's as much a misconception as lemmings committing mass suicide.

I blame Disney and their phony nature movies.

And Mr. Thompson, even if you have a client with dirt on T2, I doubt you'd be able to show it to EA. Aren't there client confidentiality rules?
Ok, is he counting the kids he sent in to buy GTA3 as T2 clients?... Is the breach of contract that they realized they had to mod GTA3.. and it wasn't immediately in the game?

I like this quote the best:
"I’m sure EA’s shareholders will be impressed with your lack of “due diligence” exhibited first by your “don’t help us, Mr. Thompson” and now your anticipated “we don’t want to know about contractual liabilities of Take-Two” posture. "

Shareholders love when a company asks a loon for help!

Wait is JT actually getting me to defend EA????!?!?!? zOMG, he's a brilliant mastermind!
And your client would be...?
This 'client' is probably nonexistant... He's waving this 'threat' of his is like a bully going "I know something you don't know!" to a kid's face, and when the kid comes up to him to ask, he just punches the kid in the face.

Except, in this case, he threw the punch before giving the taunt.
Meh, he's completely lost his grip. Knew it would happen sooner or later.
So some "company" = either some random T2 stock holder, or Jack himself. Given his track record, I sure don't think any real company with such issues would contact Jack of all people...

"we don’t want to know about contractual liabilities of Take-Two"
More like: "we don’t want to know about the 'contractual liabilities' BS you made up..."

"ostrich…"
No, that sounds more like you Jack, you keep sticking your head under the ground when things don't go your way. See your current investigation by the bar, you keep going "LALLALALALLAAAI CAN'T HEAR YOU, I'M FILING MORE JUNK, LALALALAL" every day trying to escape the reality of being disbarred... Hmm, does your "client" know about this?

Again I ask, W(here)TF does he get this stuff, and what sane "company" would have him represent him(let alone believe his absurd claims)?
@ Werrick

"J.B. does too have a client!

She’s Canadian, she lives in Canada! You don’t know her!

He talks to her on the phone after supper, and he’s going to go visit her this summer!

DOES TOO! "

Wow, I did not expect this. First he wants VG's banned, and now he's cheating on his wife? Ooh, what's her name? I wanna be the first to inform Patricia of this.
@ Matriculated
LOL, I hope his second comment is a troll, it is just filled with irony!

"I would suspect that someone, however, who has the time to type "dull" several hundred times needs to get out more and enjoy life a bit. Hop in, the water's fine."
Said the person who spends several hours online searching his name and posting, as well as spewing out several page court documents and press releases as soon as a gunshot is heard... And I take it Jack doesn't know about the wonderful cut & paste feature.
What's this leaked poll he speaks of?
jack thompson? i call this dude all the time. he's a joke.
That "female client" might be that same girl that the kid with the iPod, went to see. I still think he had porn on it. How/why would you not relize that you iPod is missing and in the toilet. LOL
Jack's got about a month to sling all the crazy out of his system as possible.

I wonder where he goes for vacationing time? I just assumed he spent most of it on Planet Jack.
@GRIZZAM 512:

I believe it may be a reference to a study conducted by a company named Hill & Knowlton. When the study's results were released by H&K, a beef between them and the ESA ensued. There's plenty 'net coverage out there, if you're interested. From what I've read, although there was some back-and-forth between H&K and the ESA before the study was actually conducted, the "ESA's study leaked" claim is more Jackspin than anything else.
It seems to me, this is bad news for ol' JT. If EA takes over and makes it's games more 'correct' - he'll loose a lot of possible lawsuits!
@Saladin

"I wonder where he goes for vacationing time? I just assumed he spent most of it on Planet Jack."

Hmm... You MAY have a point there. Let's see if we can find this "Planet Jack" so we can understand him more and maybe help him see the light.
My God. He's even crazier than he was before. How? I demand research!
@Overcast:

That's O.K. By now, Jack's become accustomed to losing lawsuits.
Can GP pleeeease use this picture for the next Jack Thompson story (we know there will be one within a few days/hours)?

http://img181.imageshack.us/img181/1193/hyperchickench0.jpg
Jack's alleged "client" may be a product of the fact that while the T2-Thompson Agreement prohibits Jack from suing or threatenting suit against T2 on his own behalf, it specifically allows him to sue T2 on behalf of any client who may have their own claim against T2.
Y'know what's probably a reason for Jack wanting to help EA take over T2... Jack has been promising to destroy T2 for god knows how long and now here comes EA about to do the job before him. Frankly, he just wants to steal the credit and be able to say "i helped destroy T2"... trust me, if EA were to agree to letting him help, he would spam his exaggerated interpretation of T2's take over... basically giving himself all the credit and saying EA could have never done it without him

EA, if you really think you can take over take two, then the least you can do is deny Jack that pleasure
Thing is here, I think Thompson is attempting to start a dialogue, after all, it gets attention from the Press.

Now EA have said there piece and made their feelings known (note he didn't even attempt to address the Sims 2 lies, btw) it's time to turn their back on the 'funny man' and get back to business.
@ JackDon'tKnowJack

OOooo good point! Didn't think of that angle. Jack's 'client' is total make believe because he is legally bound to not take action against T2.

Then again this is Jack we're talking about...
I give up on trying to understand him.
@ Patrick

LOL, that made me laugh outloud, good family guy reference, and apptly applied
@ Paul Kerton,

I take offense to that, I have bipolar and I dont take medication for it (I use self control). The worst I let myself get out of control is profuse swearing on the internet, JT is out of his f***ing mind. If he has bipolar he also has the maturity of a child and a complete lack of introspection to boot. I've known alot of bipolar people (and a few schizophrenics) and I can say that JT is much more erratic then them. The man is mentally unstable. On an unrelated note I'm thinking of studying for 3 weeks and becoming a lawyer in Florida, it obviously can't be very hard
@Aciesethon
Valve is the developer of CS and they self publish it but if you buy the box at the store it has EA on it. Perhaps EA is technically the dstributer? ANyway, EA is economically involved with Valve and Counter-Strike. http://www.gamespot.com/news/6129331.html
So either way Jacko is trying to cozy up to one of the companies that make money from Counter-Strike.
He done lost his damn mind...
It would be very interesting to find out how much he is spending in total from each of those filings, how much money he has cost the court in total, and to get the actual amount from each specific case seperately...
@jab49 -- I agree with you. Jack isn't bi-polar.

He's narcissistic. HUGE difference.
Jack just wants to headline in the news. That's it. Everything the man ever does has to be CC'ed to every major news outlet in the country and world. Jack's face has to be on the front page of every paper. His cause must be heard by every parents on the planet. This man does what he does because he believes it to be right, and everyone has to know about it immediately.
jab49, If you are offended then apologies, but I don't mean it to be offensive. Whilst he is narcissistic, theres no doubting that, he seems to have quite a bipolar side to him at times! I know several bi-polar people, and they display the same swings of anger and calm...

Regardless, we can all (including myself) play amateur psychiatrist all we like, but you would think by now the court would want to have someone else take a look at him, not just the psychiatrist Jack got to pick himself. The saddest thing is that he claims to be the "only certified sane attorney in Florida" because of it...
*headdesk*

Well, this sucks. There's no way for EA to reply to that. And for Jack, no reply is worse than a reply. I'd say it's high time EA put Jack's e-mail in a filter that automatic responds. "Your E-mail has been blacklisted, and your message was automatically deleted. Have a nice day."
Jack quite probably does not even have his alleged client at all. At least one of the complaints in his disciplinary case involves him falsely claiming to represent a client that he in fact did not.
Please ignore Jack Thompson. We intentionally trained him wrong. As a joke.
Must be one of his voices at work or maybe just another figment of his imagination.
@ JackDon'tKnowJack
Oh now I get it, it all makes sense now, Jack Thompson is suing on behalf of the John Bruce Thompson Company!

Well, that is what I am getting from his incoherent sentences....

I still say it is BS, again I ask that even if some company had a legit claim, why on earth would this unnamed "Anonymous" company use him of all people? This is a person who fails it at being a competent lawyer, and one that sometime soon will probably no longer be legally competent to practice law.
anyone else think this "client" is like jacks "stable of experts" that talk to no one but jack?
Doesn't witholding information on a possible business issue between two companies, and then releasing this information to one of the companies violate attorney-client privilage. That'd be like going to a star and saying:

I know you want to buy that car, and I'll help you do it.
no thanks.
well, just so you know, someone else is suing the owner of that car over something else entirely, ergo *nyah*.

did the client request to have this information shared with EA? Maybe it was hoping EA would buy out T2 so it could get a fat settlement? What damage has he done now?
The more I keep reading about Jack and reading his writing, the more I he has me believing that he has some form of Schizophrenia. Maybe not a extreme case or a severe one. Maybe more schizo-affect with some Paranoia in there. Well I could be wrong, he could be normal and nothing wrong, He just comes up with ridiculous ways to solve his problems where observers watching him act would just call stupid.

But I m really surprised that the psychologist or psychiatrists has not found at least some form of personality disorder, because thats usually an miscellaneous category (it has often used to explain serial killers because there were no other explanations) and everyone can at least qualify for 3 of them. Which just makes me wonder how thorough the psych eval was, I already know i could qualify for 4 of them.
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jack owns share of tt??... and he can sue them.. than he can try to sue them again.. and it all be legal in his favor?? wow!!! maybe he isnt so stupid, the only thing he fd up on is not buying more shares.. id like to see ea and tt team up some how and get the gamers money back by sueing him id buy only ea and tt games for 1 year if they did that!!!
@GoodRobotUs

That's pretty good! What else do you got?
While I commend EA for acknowledging Jack and giving him a public rebuke, this pretty much illustrates the double-edged sword that is dealing with Jack Thompson and the conundrum of whether it is best to ignore him or deal with him directly.

By publicly addressing and rebuking him, as has been posited by many, it serves to give him the attention he seeks and, as with feeding a stray dog, he comes back for more. From this standpoint, I can see then why many companies would prefer to ignore him and hope he would go away. Unfortunately, while we all know how much of a failure he is as a lawyer, we are also familiar with his tenacity. Either way he will keep badgering until he gets what he wants and nothing short of a legal smackdown by a judge or another authority will get him to back off. To use another dog analogy, it’s like having a Pit Bull clamped onto your arm until you whack his nose with a rolled-up newspaper.

So really, dealing with Jack is a no-win scenario. If you ignore him, he baits you until you respond to him. And if you do respond he attempts his usual tactic which seems to be to pull you into the equivalent of a tar baby (apparently he’s familiar with Uncle Remus, as he referenced the briar patch which was from the same story), as he files lawsuits, insults and threats which, while they may have no merit and be utterly without meaning, only serve to slow you down to the point where you are so distracted be dealing with him that nothing else can get done. This is exactly what he’s been trying to do with regards to the Florida Bar, though fortunately the Bar has seen through his ruses.

I think really this has been Jack’s tactic all along. I think he knows he’s a complete and utter failure at being a legitimate lawyer, but admitting that to us publicly would be a sign of weakness. However, he knows enough about the law and the legal process that any lawsuit filed, no matter how frivolous, needs to be followed-through on and that takes time and money which most companies would rather spend elsewhere. In so doing, he hopes to litigate them to the point where they can no longer do business.

If Jack is a dog, though, then no doubt he’s a mad one and his foaming at the mouth has become apparent by now for all to see. And hopefully the Florida Bar will do their job and put this mad dog to sleep once and for all.
@F**ked Up

Dude, the reason the psych people haven't found the mental issue is that its a brand new one, he's like the alpha test for it before its release to the market. It will be called either Jack Thompson Syndrome or Jack Thompson Complex, I can't decide which sounds better.
Symptomology: ranting, paranoia, delusions of competance and a desperate desire for attention.
Suggested Treatment: Quick slap upside the head

I'm getting a mental image of jack running down the street wearing a tinfoil hat and a half done up straight jacket, being pursued by mental health nurses and screaming "AHAHAHAHA ALL YOUR GAMES ARE BELONG TO US!"
Does anyone else think that J-Tizzle's original plan was to help EA aquire T2 in order to circumvent the gag order placed on him regarding lawsuits against T2? the agreement specifically states tha the can raise issue personally against T2 and its subsidiaries. In his own world he probably believed that a take over by EA would open a loophole that would allow him to resume his frivolous and, quite frankly, disgusting suits against any Rockstar game because they would then be a division of EA. Good thing 99.9% of the games industry is a lot smarter than JT
*Can't raise issue. My Bad.
Completely off topic:

Actually the Ostrich comment makes a lot of sense. not because they stick their heads in the ground, but becouse the dominate pair in an area collect all the eggs of the other hens to hatch and raise as their own.
@Aliasalpha

Actually I am hoping he doesnt have a Mental Illness that way he does not have an excuse if anything drastic were to happen, or well lets just say happen.

Since he has already been cleared a psych exam, he cannot use the Mental Illness or Temporary Insanity defense. I can see it now...

Jack Thompson: "In my defense I would like to plead Temporary Insanity"

Opposing Lawye"

r: "So Jack, where you Temporarily Insane when you brought charges to Janet Reno for battery?"

Jack Thompson: "No"

Opposing Lawyer: "How about when you were recording Neil Rogers broadcast for 8 months and documented you name 40,000 times?"

Jack Thompson: "No, I was mak..."

Opposing Lawyer: "Thank you Jack, So were you Temporarily Insane when you attempted to block album sales and mailed you drivers licenses with a picture of Batman pasted over your own picture to remind people you were playing the role of Batman?"

Jack Thompson: "No, I am Batman"

Opposing Lawyer: "So, Batman, You took a psych exam by a doctor of your own choosing and you Passed, correct? "

Jack Thompson: "Yes"

Opposing Lawyer: "So you passed a psych exam, mailed people pictures of yourself telling people you Batman, spent 8 months recording a radio show just to listen for your own name, and Now your claiming Temporary Insanity?"

Jack Thompson: "Video games, rap music, and Janet Reno made me do it"
I thought he couldn't file anything in a florida court? Or maybe i missed something.
Damn I forgot to add in the emailing of gay pictures to the judge.
@Lost Question:

Nah, I think they're more like his 'stable of experts' that don't exist. :P
@F**ked Up

And that "picture book for adults".

Opposing Lawyer: "And were you 'temporarily insane' when you constructed and submitted to the judge a document which you considered a 'picture book for adults'?"

Jack Thompson: "No. I had to use pictures because those people are unable to understand what I tell them!"

Opposing Lawyer: "Because your words are severely confusing and incomprehensible?"

JT: "NO!!! Everything I say is the TRUTH!!! They can't understand because their FRONTAL LOBES ARE FRIED!!! Anybody who thinks I'm wrong is obviously SOME KIND OF NUT!!! I'M RIGHT, THEY'RE WRONG!!!!"
I call bullshit. Jack usually can't wait to name drop groups he's associated with, clients he represents, and tv programs he's appeared on.
The "mystery client" approach is a new one, and I think Jack is bluffing.
Who is this guy? He really is out of hand.
http://www.mentalhealth.com/dis/p20-pe07.html

Sorry don't know how to link properly here, but that's a link to a description of Narcissistic Personality Disorder.

TL/DR, here are the American criteria for NPD. See if any sound familiar:

1. has a grandiose sense of self-importance (e.g., exaggerates achievements and talents, expects to be recognized as superior without commensurate achievements)
2. is preoccupied with fantasies of unlimited success, power, brilliance, beauty, or ideal love
3. believes that he or she is "special" and unique and can only be understood by, or should associate with, other special or high-status people (or institutions)
4. requires excessive admiration
5. has a sense of entitlement, i.e., unreasonable expectations of especially favorable treatment or automatic compliance with his or her expectations
6. is interpersonally exploitative, i.e., takes advantage of others to achieve his or her own ends
7. lacks empathy: is unwilling to recognize or identify with the feelings and needs of others
8. is often envious of others or believes that others are envious of him or her
9. shows arrogant, haughty behaviors or attitudes
@Ryno

The street word for that is "Psycho"
I can't believe that Johnny Bruce Thompson keeps outdoing himself!

The guy has and endless supply of self-inflicted legal jokes to dispatch upon the gaming public...I am personally amazed.
No i know alot of crazies, He's just a narcisist, he might have a chemical imbalance but it seems to be more a paranoid schizophrenic thing. It's like he's functional (kinda) but literally hallucinating. Mood swings don't cause you to do really wierdly childish stuff, more like punch someone in the face or burst into tears.
@Ryno:

I think you missed one:

10. Jack Thompson

:P
@ The list Ryno posted:

It's incredible, it fits him completely, every single point.
I've been saying for years that Jack's a textbook example of narcisistic personality disorder. His behaviors so clearly satisfy the DSM-IV criteria for NPD (listed by Ryno above) that it's kinda creepy.
I feel sorry for Jack's wife. I mean, i could be wrong, maybe shes like him, but she seems to stay out of the spotlight, so i imagine shes not.

But imagine living with him. This guy is bat sh*t loco, i do honestly believe he's delusional.
@getwellgamers -- "So wait, he “showed” his cause on the 21st of Feb?

Dennis, why didn’t we hear about any of this?! Thompson’s filings are like a magazine subscription, “Crazy Lawyer Weekly” or something. It’s one of my favorite subscriptions! D: "

His Show Cause response was posted up, sort of, by Dennis. But his response was sort of a, "HOW DARE YOU DENY ME MY RIGHT TO SUBMIT TO THIS COURT! I'LL SUE YOU!" response.
[sing along with me]

Jack is back and you're gonna be in trouble!
You know...if he was smart he'd have been buying T2 stocks, then when he started making such a big deal about everything causing controversy and therfore the sales to go up he'd actually make money.
So...no word yet on the "client"?
Perhaps Harvey the Rabbit is his client. Wouldn't surprise me, to be totally honest. Harvey's been up to a lot since Mr. Dowd kicked him to the curb.
@Zerodash:

I'll give some benefit of doubt. Jack's been known to fish out a client or two.

He's convinced more than one family of a shooting victim to retain him. He convinced a former Tew Cardenas (law firm that filed Bar complaint against him) employee to retain him in a harassment claim against the firm. He claims to have been retained by the family of a murder victim in an action against the Florida Bar involving their handling of a case of alleged attorney (Hilliard Moldof) misconduct during the murder trial. Anyone remember the missing, video game-playing "child" and the distraught family that retained Jack to assist in the search? He's apparently not without some ability to sign on clients.

However, he usually claims to have been first contacted by his client, not the other way around. I'm not so sure that's true. And, if it's not true, then perhaps Jack occasionally wanders into the lawyer's ethical minefield of directly contacting potential clients to solicit them as clients. Isn't it alleged somewhere that he once solicited represented parties in violation of the Florida Bar Rules?
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I can understand EA's position on not wanting Jack's help on this. It's not just that they still remember his inane attacks on their games in the past. It's that, having Jack Thompson's "support" is pretty much the same as being injected with Small Pox.

EA basically has to convince the stockholders to sell their shares to them, against Take Two's will. A lot of Take Two's shareholders are probably also gamers. Gamers hate Jack Thompson. Thus, Jack Thompson's endorsement for the takeover is the last thing EA wants right now.
@Are'el

Doesn't smallpox have a cure today? If so, find the analogical counterpart and deliver it to JT. Maybe it will end this once and for all.
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Jack has done it again. It's difficult to comprehend such a level of stupidity! Forgive me, but I am a bit out of the loop when it comes to the "Poll" he mentions. :-/ Is it real? Is it yet another "fact" Jack's made up? Either way Video Games are art, and no one has any business censoring art.

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ZippyDSMlee: mentor07825:Well Brittan dose deserve it....
Posted 11/21/09 at 09:33pm
ZippyDSMlee: Alyric:I don;t hasliburton having to pay back billoins... don;t you love it when the rich roll over the goverment without a care?
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