A Law Firm for the Damned
In this lawsuit, I’m both a plaintiff and a defendant. So when looking for a law firm, I was unsure about what type of firm I needed. Well, I’m mostly just a plaintiff for Microsoft, while the rest is mostly defense work. So I’ve come to the conclusion that I need a good defense firm. Right now, I’m looking at one of the largest defense firms in the country. I don’t know if they’ll accept my case, but I will probably try to hire them. They have lots of experience in all the types of cases I’ll be faced with. I really like that they defend people in defamation and First Amendment litigation. They also do “Crisis Management” where they utilize “crisis response teams to mitigate reputational damage and manage high-stakes public narratives”. That’s exactly what I need. This firm handles every aspect of defamation torts such as:

I may have a case against the Van Wilder movies. The first movie may or may not have been about me, but I once tried to sue them for it anyway. Well, the next two movies were definitely made in response to my lawsuit and in retaliation for it, so they used my “distinctive persona” to try to inflict IIED. “A persona encompasses the unique combination of traits, habits, voice, appearance, or catchphrases that immediately evoke that person in the minds of the public.” [L]iability for misappropriation is not limited to strict uses of a person’s formal name or photographic likeness. If the defendant’s depiction—taken as a whole—succeeds in commercializing and evoking the plaintiff’s unique identity without authorization, it constitutes an actionable appropriation of their distinctive persona.” Part of this tort involves the right to privacy, which “[p]rotects ordinary individuals against mental anguish, embarrassment, and unwanted public exposure caused by having their image exploited.” Box office revenue for the Van Wilder franchise is over $44 million. Because of their actions, all of that money should belong to me.