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SOT Monthly Spotlight Feature - Jarrod Clabaugh/OH
8/30/2005 1:19:09 PM (2027 views)

Abstracting Software - Regina Engebritson Engebritson/MN
8/30/2005 1:24:11 AM (2768 views)
Re: Abstracting Software - Kurt deVries/FL
8/30/2005 9:42:43 AM (3643 views)
Re: Abstracting Software - Robert Franco/OH
8/30/2005 9:49:24 AM (3532 views)
Re: Abstracting Software - Jay Duncan/MO
8/30/2005 12:32:40 PM (4728 views)
Re: Abstracting Software - Kurt deVries/FL
8/30/2005 12:43:17 PM (3678 views)
Re: Abstracting Software - Spencer Kinsey/AR
8/30/2005 7:13:06 PM (3608 views)

looking for Abstract textbook reviewers - Jeanne Johnson/MN
8/29/2005 11:22:34 AM (2670 views)
Re: looking for Abstract textbook reviewers - Jay Duncan/MO
8/29/2005 1:59:09 PM (3516 views)
Re: looking for Abstract textbook reviewers - Jeanne Johnson/MN
9/6/2005 5:08:30 PM (4495 views)

UNITED DOCUMENT SERVICES INC - Ted Lannon/MA
8/29/2005 11:21:08 AM (3963 views)
Re: UNITED DOCUMENT SERVICES INC - Kevin Ahern/CT
8/29/2005 12:17:28 PM (3713 views)
Re: UNITED DOCUMENT SERVICES INC - Anne Gilbert/VT
9/1/2005 9:52:29 PM (3689 views)
Re: UNITED DOCUMENT SERVICES INC - Scott Perry/PA
9/2/2005 7:26:56 AM (3597 views)
Re: UNITED DOCUMENT SERVICES INC ***UPDATE*** - Scott Perry/PA
9/2/2005 7:38:23 AM (3702 views)
Re: UNITED DOCUMENT SERVICES INC ***UPDATE*** - Kevin Ahern/CT
9/2/2005 8:44:54 AM (3633 views)

You probably should not publish any information of a derogatory nature. Instead,  I would go directly to the company that is creating a problem to work out payment, and if that did not work put them into suit. This business of waiting month after month for payment does not work. It has been my experience that you quickly get their attention when the marshal walks into their office to serve them with a summons.

You may need to get an attorney involved in it. You may need to sue them in another state if your state's long arm statute requires, but there are causes of action other than contract breach that may allow you to recover attorney's fees as part of your damages. Here in Connecticut the facts of the case may allow a suit under the Unfair Trade Practices Statute. This statute allows for recovery of compensatory damages, attorney's fees and best of all punitive damages on top of it. If the U S mail or interstate wire services (telephone, fax or email) were routinely used to perpetrate wrongful non payment, it may even give rise to a civil suit under RICO.

In Connecticut the allegations contained in your court complaint and in your testimony are protected by a qualified privilege. This privilege is founded upon common law principals, and is true in most states. The purpose of the privilege is based on a public policy favoring robust debate of the issues at trial. You should check to see if the same privilege applies in Pennsylvania.

The reason that this privilege is qualified rather than absolute is because it can be abused and lost by over publication. We had a case here in Connecticut involving a divorce in which the contents of the complaint were rather lurid. The Plaintiff wrote a letter to the media summarizing the contents of its allegations. The allegations were later found to be false, and the Plaintiff was successfully sued for libel. The Plaintiff tried to plead qualified privilege as a defense to the libel action, but the court ruled that the overpublication of the allegations to the media were not covered by the privilege. The privilege relates strictly to court proceedings.

There are other qualified privileges also...such as that which protects credit ratings services for reporting incorrect data...or the information given by a former employer to a prospective employer about someone applying for a job. The point is that these qualified privileges can be lost if the publication of information exceeds the scope of the purpose for which the privilege is intended. Absolute privileges are another matter.

In so far as publication of the telephone numbers is concerned, I think that only the numbers which the problematic company has indicated are business numbers should be published. If the numbers of which you speak are not of a public character, you should not give them out.

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Re: UNITED DOCUMENT SERVICES INC ***UPDATE*** - Scott Perry/PA
9/6/2005 9:04:11 PM (3560 views)
Re: UNITED DOCUMENT SERVICES INC ***UPDATE*** - Ted Lannon/MA
9/6/2005 4:41:37 PM (3738 views)
Re: UNITED DOCUMENT SERVICES INC ***UPDATE*** - Gail Frey/CT
9/19/2005 11:14:06 PM (3499 views)
Re: UNITED DOCUMENT SERVICES INC - Cherie Smurthwaite/CA
10/29/2005 6:23:59 PM (3486 views)

Source of Title's new look... - Robert Franco/OH
8/27/2005 10:10:33 AM (2640 views)
Re: Source of Title's new look... - Dave Pell/FL
8/27/2005 11:15:07 AM (3633 views)
Re: Source of Title's new look... - Robert Franco/OH
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But Where Are The Factoids?! - Scott Perry/PA
8/27/2005 12:12:32 PM (3601 views)
Re: But Where Are The Factoids?! - Robert Franco/OH
8/27/2005 2:07:42 PM (3630 views)
Re: Source of Title's new look... - Jay Duncan/MO
8/29/2005 7:33:17 AM (3454 views)
Re: Source of Title's new look... - Jason Sheppard/PA
8/29/2005 8:00:03 PM (3636 views)




Title Direct non-payment - Anne Gilbert/VT
8/26/2005 6:25:10 PM (2622 views)
Re: Title Direct non-payment - Kevin Ahern/CT
8/31/2005 3:10:47 PM (3313 views)
Re: Title Direct non-payment - Ted Lannon/MA
9/6/2005 4:55:03 PM (3693 views)
Re: Title Direct non-payment - Kevin Ahern/CT
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Re: Title Direct non-payment - Lois Morgan/AZ
9/6/2005 10:13:33 AM (3448 views)
Re: Title Direct non-payment - Jacqueline Costa/RI
9/6/2005 3:24:46 PM (3729 views)

Mortgage over 30 years old, but no release - David Kossman/MO
8/25/2005 3:16:53 PM (2892 views)
Re: Mortgage over 30 years old, but no release - Robert Franco/OH
8/25/2005 4:22:52 PM (3897 views)
Re: Mortgage over 30 years old, but no release - David Kossman/MO
8/25/2005 4:39:48 PM (3873 views)
Re: Mortgage over 30 years old, but no release - Robert Franco/OH
8/25/2005 5:23:39 PM (3656 views)
Re: Mortgage over 30 years old, but no release - Lisa Ramsey/TX
8/25/2005 6:46:54 PM (3676 views)
Re: Mortgage over 30 years old, but no release - Jeanne Mendes/CA
10/7/2005 3:46:42 AM (3410 views)
Re: Mortgage over 30 years old, but no release - Robert Franco/OH
10/7/2005 12:44:27 PM (3475 views)
Re: Mortgage over 30 years old, but no release - Patrick Scott/IL
8/25/2005 7:05:29 PM (3611 views)
Re: Mortgage over 30 years old, but no release - Kevin Ahern/CT
8/25/2005 7:32:06 PM (3694 views)
Re: Mortgage over 30 years old, but no release - LAWANDA MCMILLIAN/AR
8/25/2005 9:33:34 PM (3511 views)
Re: Mortgage over 30 years old, but no release - Lisa Ramsey/TX
8/26/2005 9:02:34 AM (3605 views)
Re: Mortgage over 30 years old, but no release - Kevin Ahern/CT
8/26/2005 11:51:44 AM (3667 views)
Re: Mortgage over 30 years old, but no release - Lisa Ramsey/TX
8/26/2005 2:28:31 PM (3542 views)
Re: Mortgage over 30 years old, but no release - Scott Perry/PA
8/26/2005 8:05:28 PM (3591 views)
Re: Mortgage over 30 years old, but no release - Jay Duncan/MO
8/28/2005 6:57:05 PM (3573 views)
Re: Mortgage over 30 years old, but no release - Scott Perry/PA
8/28/2005 7:43:29 PM (3528 views)
Re: Mortgage over 30 years old, but no release - Jay Duncan/MO
8/29/2005 7:31:14 AM (3455 views)
Re: Mortgage over 30 years old, but no release - James "Lin" Toney/MS
8/26/2005 10:48:04 PM (3650 views)
Re: Mortgage over 30 years old, but no release - Donna Grady/NC
8/27/2005 7:50:27 PM (3620 views)
Re: Mortgage over 30 years old, but no release - Scott Perry/PA
8/27/2005 8:08:16 PM (3531 views)

Back to school - monica froese/ME
8/23/2005 4:16:43 PM (2562 views)
Re: Back to school - Robert Franco/OH
8/23/2005 4:39:58 PM (3569 views)
Re: Back to school - Kevin Ahern/CT
8/23/2005 6:04:12 PM (3605 views)
Re: Back to school - Robert Franco/OH
8/24/2005 8:32:11 AM (3422 views)
Re: Back to school - Kevin Ahern/CT
8/24/2005 9:37:44 AM (3430 views)
Re: Back to school - Wendi See/SC
8/24/2005 9:32:33 PM (3560 views)
Re: Back to school - James "Lin" Toney/MS
8/24/2005 10:04:10 PM (3438 views)
Re: Back to school - Kevin Ahern/CT
8/25/2005 7:43:34 AM (3488 views)
Re: Back to school - Robert Franco/OH
8/25/2005 10:01:26 AM (3433 views)
Re: Back to school - Robert Franco/OH
8/25/2005 9:54:47 AM (3296 views)
Re: Back to school - LAWANDA MCMILLIAN/AR
8/25/2005 9:38:24 PM (3401 views)
Re: Back to school - Anne Gilbert/VT
8/26/2005 5:51:16 PM (3359 views)

Liability Disclaimer - Danielle Nelson/WI
8/23/2005 2:01:59 PM (2654 views)
Re: Liability Disclaimer - Robert Franco/OH
8/23/2005 4:14:02 PM (3773 views)
Re: Liability Disclaimer - Lisa Ramsey/TX
8/23/2005 5:18:18 PM (3634 views)
Re: Liability Disclaimer - David Bloys/TX
8/23/2005 5:31:15 PM (3641 views)
Re: Liability Disclaimer - William Pattison /CA
3/18/2008 5:13:07 PM (3125 views)
Re: Liability Disclaimer - Kelli Gorman/TX
9/1/2005 1:14:08 PM (3409 views)
Re: Liability Disclaimer - Kevin Ahern/CT
9/1/2005 1:52:10 PM (3426 views)
Re: Liability Disclaimer - Kelli Gorman/TX
9/1/2005 10:38:48 PM (3447 views)
Re: Liability Disclaimer - Kevin Ahern/CT
9/2/2005 6:11:19 AM (3520 views)
Re: Liability Disclaimer - Scott Perry/PA
8/23/2005 5:42:49 PM (3619 views)
Re: Liability Disclaimer - Kevin Ahern/CT
8/23/2005 6:45:13 PM (3527 views)
Re: Liability Disclaimer - Anne Gilbert/VT
8/26/2005 6:13:07 PM (4585 views)
Re: Liability Disclaimer - Lisa Ramsey/TX
8/27/2005 10:24:42 AM (3561 views)

The Jordan Group - Any experience with any of these affiliated companies? - Matt Papsch/MD
8/22/2005 5:41:51 PM (2698 views)
Re: The Jordan Group - Any experience with any of these affiliated companies? - Loretta Reed/MD
8/22/2005 11:00:41 PM (3392 views)
Re: The Jordan Group - Any experience with any of these affiliated companies? - Robert Franco/OH
8/23/2005 11:16:51 AM (3389 views)

Gasoline Trivia - Who Would Have Thought? - Lisa Ramsey/TX
8/19/2005 8:45:16 PM (2607 views)
Re: Gasoline Trivia - Who Would Have Thought? - Scott Perry/PA
8/20/2005 10:24:55 AM (3556 views)
Re: Gasoline Trivia - Who Would Have Thought? - Jay Duncan/MO
8/20/2005 11:13:37 AM (4961 views)
Re: Gasoline Trivia - Who Would Have Thought? - Lisa Ramsey/TX
8/20/2005 1:08:34 PM (3616 views)
Re: Gasoline Trivia - Who Would Have Thought? - Scott Perry/PA
8/20/2005 2:58:57 PM (3474 views)
Re: Gasoline Trivia - Who Would Have Thought? - Jay Duncan/MO
8/21/2005 8:39:17 PM (3683 views)
Re: Gasoline Trivia - Who Would Have Thought? - ginger galloway/OH
8/22/2005 9:17:07 AM (3394 views)

NALTEA committees... - Robert Franco/OH
8/18/2005 12:25:11 PM (1973 views)

thanks anyway - Kim Haase/MT
8/18/2005 12:18:26 PM (2013 views)

VIEWS - LAWANDA MCMILLIAN/AR
8/18/2005 9:28:38 AM (2676 views)
Re: VIEWS - Jay Duncan/MO
8/18/2005 9:46:42 AM (3709 views)
Re: VIEWS - Robert Franco/OH
8/18/2005 10:04:00 AM (3653 views)
Re: VIEWS - LAWANDA MCMILLIAN/AR
8/18/2005 10:56:28 AM (3625 views)
Re: VIEWS - Jay Duncan/MO
8/18/2005 11:22:10 AM (3560 views)
Re: VIEWS - Kevin Ahern/CT
8/18/2005 1:48:09 PM (3411 views)
Re: VIEWS - Robert Franco/OH
8/18/2005 2:37:02 PM (3599 views)
Re: VIEWS - LAWANDA MCMILLIAN/AR
8/18/2005 4:07:10 PM (3434 views)
Re: VIEWS - Patrick Scott/IL
8/18/2005 11:03:59 PM (3454 views)

You asked for it... - Jay Duncan/MO
8/17/2005 5:05:10 PM (2074 views)


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