http://www.infiniteinjury.org/blog/2008/03/31/a-modified-english-rule/ Good Analysis, Bad Grammar Tue, 27 Jul 2010 11:11:02 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 http://www.infiniteinjury.org/blog/2008/03/31/a-modified-english-rule/comment-page-1/#comment-954 Paul Gowder Tue, 01 Apr 2008 01:40:39 +0000 http://www.infiniteinjury.org/blog/2008/03/31/a-modified-english-rule/#comment-954 <p>I think this is a really great idea (I've said so <a href="http://lawandletters.blogspot.com/2008/03/really-smart-idea-from-some-logician.html" rel="nofollow">here</a>. It might be worth actually sitting down, working out the game theory, and looking into publishing, if nobody else has. The problem of deep-pocketed plaintiffs, while it gets less media attention than the problem of plaintiffs <i>pursuing</i> deep-pocketed <i>defendants</i>, is probably just as serious. For example, there's a notorious practice called the SLAPP suit ("strategic lawsuit against public participation" -- which of course makes the name one of those irritating redundancies like "ATM machine," but what you gonna do?) where real estate developers (and others, but usually developers) sue community groups who oppose their development projects, basically to deter First Amendment activity. Paying <i>double</i> their heavy legal fees might deter this, or at least help defendants recover from the harassment, and thus avoid the deterrent effect of the suit.</p> I think this is a really great idea (I’ve said so here. It might be worth actually sitting down, working out the game theory, and looking into publishing, if nobody else has. The problem of deep-pocketed plaintiffs, while it gets less media attention than the problem of plaintiffs pursuing deep-pocketed defendants, is probably just as serious. For example, there’s a notorious practice called the SLAPP suit (“strategic lawsuit against public participation” — which of course makes the name one of those irritating redundancies like “ATM machine,” but what you gonna do?) where real estate developers (and others, but usually developers) sue community groups who oppose their development projects, basically to deter First Amendment activity. Paying double their heavy legal fees might deter this, or at least help defendants recover from the harassment, and thus avoid the deterrent effect of the suit.

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