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Higbee Associates Letter & Lawsuits Forum / Re: Higbee & Assoc. Lists RM Media Ltd in Nick Youngson Template Lawsuit
« on: February 10, 2017, 09:27:56 AM »
Am I correct in the assumption Youngson is only filing under his company to shield his personal assets from counterclaims or whatever else could (and eventually will) go wrong from his scheme?
I wanted to thank you for this site. My family has four lawyers in it, and they all pounced on this immediately after my letter from Higbee, and the summary is just as you've been preaching... these form letters are designed to scare the shit out of you, but the numbers are based on a great deal of worst case scenarios that I'd wager most of us aren't even in. Willful infringement (the $750 to $125000 number they will keep shoving down your throat) is not an easy sell for any plaintiff (unless you gave them the middle finger and left the image up), and it would be nightmare-level difficult in Youngon's case with his setup... judges aren't stupid. Legal fees from the defense aren't even close to guaranteed either. Youngson would risk going in the red with most of these innocent infringement cases when the statutory doesn't offset the cost to file and the legal fees.
That being said, two of my family lawyers think Higbee is going to sue everyone anyway. If you dodge the dozens of planted reviews and false 5 star ratings, and even some fake comments from people who supposedly got sued and lost thousands because they rubbed him the wrong way... there's a lot of reviews and complaints that this firm has screwed clients. You combine that with this guy's obvious desperation to seem legitimate ("we are a NATIONAL LAW FIRM. I promise. Guys I'm serious. I promise its not just 2 dozen virtual offices.") I guess I could see him wanting to make some noise, regardless if it benefits his client or not. I hope they're wrong, a lot of legitimate businesses stand to suffer a lot of unwarranted stress for this guy's little man complex.
I wanted to thank you for this site. My family has four lawyers in it, and they all pounced on this immediately after my letter from Higbee, and the summary is just as you've been preaching... these form letters are designed to scare the shit out of you, but the numbers are based on a great deal of worst case scenarios that I'd wager most of us aren't even in. Willful infringement (the $750 to $125000 number they will keep shoving down your throat) is not an easy sell for any plaintiff (unless you gave them the middle finger and left the image up), and it would be nightmare-level difficult in Youngon's case with his setup... judges aren't stupid. Legal fees from the defense aren't even close to guaranteed either. Youngson would risk going in the red with most of these innocent infringement cases when the statutory doesn't offset the cost to file and the legal fees.
That being said, two of my family lawyers think Higbee is going to sue everyone anyway. If you dodge the dozens of planted reviews and false 5 star ratings, and even some fake comments from people who supposedly got sued and lost thousands because they rubbed him the wrong way... there's a lot of reviews and complaints that this firm has screwed clients. You combine that with this guy's obvious desperation to seem legitimate ("we are a NATIONAL LAW FIRM. I promise. Guys I'm serious. I promise its not just 2 dozen virtual offices.") I guess I could see him wanting to make some noise, regardless if it benefits his client or not. I hope they're wrong, a lot of legitimate businesses stand to suffer a lot of unwarranted stress for this guy's little man complex.