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Karl v. Feinstein [1]

Submitted by DMLP Staff on Thu, 03/06/2008 - 09:46

Summary

Threat Type: 

Correspondence

Date: 

02/26/2008

Status: 

Pending

Location: 

Colorado

Verdict or Settlement Amount: 

N/A

Legal Claims: 

None
A lawyer for Denver Nuggets coach George Karl has threatened blogger Andrew Feinstein with legal action if he crosses "the boundaries of permissible speech." Feinstein, a frustrated Nuggets fan, created a blog called Fire George Karl, lamenting what he sees as a series... read full description
Parties

Party Receiving Legal Threat: 

Andrew Feinstein

Type of Party: 

Individual

Type of Party: 

Individual

Location of Party: 

  • Colorado

Location of Party: 

  • Colorado

Legal Counsel: 

Bret Adams
Description
A lawyer for Denver Nuggets coach George Karl has threatened blogger Andrew Feinstein with legal action if he crosses "the boundaries of permissible speech." Feinstein, a frustrated Nuggets fan, created a blog called Fire George Karl [2], lamenting what he sees as a series of "blown games, losses against sub-.500 opponents, porous defensive performances and incoherent offensive schemes." On February 26, 2008, Karl's lawyer sent Feinstein an email [3]:
Is your life really this boring and meaningless that you would spend the hours necessary to create such a website?

As Coach Karl’s counsel I am putting you on notice that I will sue you into bankruptcy should you cross the boundaries of permissible speech.

Feinstein posted [3] the email on his blog.

Related Links: 

Fire George Karl: George Karl's attorney responds to www.firegeorgekarl.com [3] (you can view the email here)

CMLP: Lawyer Preemptively Threatens Sports Blogger With Lawsuit [4]

Wall Street Journal Law Blog: Frustrated Hoops Fan Faces First Amendment Flap [5]

Details

Web Site(s) Involved: 

Fire George Karl [2]

Content Type: 

  • Photo
  • Text

Publication Medium: 

Blog

Subject Area: 

  • Defamation
Court Information & Documents

Jurisdiction: 

  • Colorado
CMLP Information (Private)

CMLP Notes: 

Status checked on 6/5/2008, no new information.  Feinstein did thank the lawyer for all the publicity the blog got thanks to his threat, though.  (AAB)

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Source URL (modified on 08/20/2014 - 11:06pm): https://www.dmlp.org/threats/karl-v-feinstein

Links
[1] https://www.dmlp.org/threats/karl-v-feinstein
[2] http://www.firegeorgekarl.com/
[3] http://www.firegeorgekarl.com/2008/03/george-karls-attorney-responds-to.html
[4] https://www.dmlp.org/blog/2008/lawyer-preemptively-threatens-sports-blogger-lawsuit
[5] http://blogs.wsj.com/law/2008/03/04/frustrated-fan-faces-first-amendment-flap/