Not exact matches
The court held that the Plaintiff has made more than sufficient references to the specific allegations, the dates and times were made plus the specific radio /
media platforms on which the allegations were made by
Defendants against the Plaintiff.
The senior lawyer drew the attention of the court to the 13 court charge
against the
defendants involving N3.1 B and not N36B and demanded that the court call the EFCC to order in the
media trial of the
defendants.
Where there is evidence that the private prosecutor is pursuing a vendetta
against the
defendant, e.g. by publishing adverse publicity about the
defendant on social
media and / or by harassing the
defendant or his family / work colleagues.
Nevertheless, to end the war of words in the
media, Kinder Morgan unilaterally dropped the civil suit, meaning that no further court challenges of Kinder Morgan's civil suit could be advanced, but leaving the transnational the opportunity to use the information from the civil suit
against the
defendants in future cases.
As an aside, whenever we sign up a new client, we check the
defendants» social
media as well for information we can use
against them.
Until very recently, the only state high court decisions (from VA and DE) on our ediscovery for
defendants cheat sheet involved sanctions
against plaintiffs for destroying social
media evidence.
Where a claim is brought
against a
defendant, consideration should be given not only to the likelihood of success, as compared to the value of the damages and costs the case exposes the client to, but also to the
media coverage of the case, the reduction of the party's goodwill if the issue is fought, and the cost of re-establishing that goodwill.