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tardigrade_lawsuit_trouble [2018/09/06 13:25] – [Allan Chan] updates with Chan's registration with NY courts system Carlos Pedrazatardigrade_lawsuit_trouble [2018/09/26 12:44] – updates with Netflix being served, adds preliminary link to judge Carlos Pedraza
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 ====== Tardigrades Copyright Lawsuit Gets off to Rocky Start ====== ====== Tardigrades Copyright Lawsuit Gets off to Rocky Start ======
  
-//**Attorney Errors Delay Court Summons for 'Star Trek: Discovery' Creators**//+//**Attorney Errors Delay Court Summons for 'Star Trek: Discovery' Creators and Netflix**//
  
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-**//See also://** [[tardigrade_lawsuit|Indie Gamemaker Sues 'Discovery' for Stealing His Ideas]]+**//See also: [[tardigrade_lawsuit|Indie Gamemaker Sues 'Discovery' for Stealing His Ideas]]//**
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-===== Deficient Pleading =====+===== Served ===== 
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 +CBS was finally served its summons and copy of the legal complaint on September 11, 23 days after the lawsuit was filed. Netflix was served the following day. CBS' answer to the complaint is due October 2, and Netflix's by October 3.(([[https://www.pacermonitor.com/public/case/25398554/Abdin_v_CBS_Broadcasting,_Inc_et_al|PacerMonitor, Abdin v. CBS Broadcasting, Inc. et al]], retrieved 9/26/18.)) 
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 +==== Deficient Pleading ====
  
 The suit was filed August 19 in the federal district court of Southern New York. The case docket for Abdin v. CBS Broadcasting, et al., had by August 29 cited no fewer than 15 errors in how important documents were filed for Abdin by one of his lawyers, John Johnson of the New York firm Winston Johnson Raghnal. The suit was filed August 19 in the federal district court of Southern New York. The case docket for Abdin v. CBS Broadcasting, et al., had by August 29 cited no fewer than 15 errors in how important documents were filed for Abdin by one of his lawyers, John Johnson of the New York firm Winston Johnson Raghnal.
  
-The court docket also noted the case had been assigned to federal Judge Naomi Reice Buchwald.+The court docket also noted the case had been assigned to federal [[Judge Naomi Reice Buchwald]].
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 ===== Plaintiff's Attorneys ===== ===== Plaintiff's Attorneys =====
  
-Not much is known about Abdin's attorneys, Allan Chan and Johnson. Johnson, a Fordham Law School graduate, has practiced law for 26 years. Chan has been practicing in New York for almost 17 years. Both have outdated websites and previously worked out of the same office in Manhattan.+Not much is known about Abdin's attorneys, Allan Chan and Johnson. Johnson, a Fordham Law School graduate, has practiced law for 26 years. Chan has been practicing in New York for almost 17 years. Both have outdated websites and previously worked out of the same office in Manhattan. Neither attorney responded to requests for an interview.
  
 [{{ ::wework.jpg|**OFFICE SPACE** The Tardigrades attorney operates from this co-working space in a building located in Manhattan's Financial District. <wrap lo>//Image/WeWork//</wrap>}}] [{{ ::wework.jpg|**OFFICE SPACE** The Tardigrades attorney operates from this co-working space in a building located in Manhattan's Financial District. <wrap lo>//Image/WeWork//</wrap>}}]
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 ==== Allan Chan ==== ==== Allan Chan ====
  
-Meanwhile, [[http://www.chanesq.com/about_founder.html|Chan]], a graduate of the Touro College Law Center, is listed as "delinquent" since March 2017 in his required biennial [[http://ww2.nycourts.gov/attorneys/registration/index.shtml|registration]] with the state of New York's courts system.(([[http://iapps.courts.state.ny.us/attorney/AttorneyDetails?attorneyId=Ti5wAmFqEoFPERJX71qgoQ%3D%3D|Allan Chan registration record]], New York State Unified Court System, retrieved 8/28/18.)) Since this article's initial posting, Chan has since properly registered with the New York courts.(([[http://iapps.courts.state.ny.us/attorney/AttorneySearch|N.Y. State Courts]], attorney search, retrieved 9/6/17.))+Meanwhile, [[http://www.chanesq.com/about_founder.html|Chan]], a graduate of the Touro College Law Center, was listed as "delinquent" since March 2017 in his required biennial [[http://ww2.nycourts.gov/attorneys/registration/index.shtml|registration]] with the state of New York's courts system.(([[http://iapps.courts.state.ny.us/attorney/AttorneyDetails?attorneyId=Ti5wAmFqEoFPERJX71qgoQ%3D%3D|Allan Chan registration record]], New York State Unified Court System, retrieved 8/28/18.)) Since this article's initial posting, Chan has since properly registered with the New York courts.(([[http://iapps.courts.state.ny.us/attorney/AttorneySearch|N.Y. State Courts]], attorney search, retrieved 9/6/17.))
  
 On his website, Chan touted his expertise in copyright law: On his website, Chan touted his expertise in copyright law: