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#61
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I look forward to a deposition of Matthew where he is forced to admit under oath that he knew it was a mistake when he booked it, based on his expertise on programs, the numerous blogs that he reads that indicated it was a mistake, and the blog post of Ben which indicates that they both knew it was an error. Equity does not favor someone who tries to take advantage of something they knew was a mistake, and then threatens to sue. I hope there are sanctions.
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I've stopped reading his blog completely but from the headlines I keep seeing on BA it seems like he has decided to go ahead and sue Aeroplan. Dude just doesn't know when the throw in the towel and these shenanigans just make it worse for the rest of us.
You win some you lose some, it's part of the game but really suing Aeroplan? That seems like a mighty big stretch.
You win some you lose some, it's part of the game but really suing Aeroplan? That seems like a mighty big stretch.
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I've stopped reading his blog completely but from the headlines I keep seeing on BA it seems like he has decided to go ahead and sue Aeroplan. Dude just doesn't know when the throw in the towel and these shenanigans just make it worse for the rest of us.
You win some you lose some, it's part of the game but really suing Aeroplan? That seems like a mighty big stretch.
You win some you lose some, it's part of the game but really suing Aeroplan? That seems like a mighty big stretch.
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He is a lawyer, that’s what they do. A JD degree seems to go to some people’s head’s making them feel superior to others and entitled. He also seems like he just likes to pick fights. I know Aeroplan and LX, especially LX, will not cave to his threats as Ethipian did. LX will present as evidence all his posts,
As for know it all's, there are plenty of them in every profession.
There are tens of thousands of people with JDs in America. They help people get food stamps, they rule on difficult issues in child abuse and neglect cases, they help people buy homes and draft wills, they advise business people on the risks and benefits of financial transactions. Some are amazing humble people, some abuse their power, some threaten frivolous lawsuits and even bring them. Feel free to question Matthew Klint's attempt to take advantage of what he knew to be a mistake and then bring a lawsuit based on his inability to profit off of what he knew at the time to be a mistake puts him in that last category, but it's not the fact that he has a law degree that does so.
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#67
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Technically anyone can bring a lawsuit pro se. Simply that he has a law degree doesn't mean anything about whether he has the skills and knowledge to bring a lawsuit.
In the profession, there is an adage: A lawyer who represents himself has a fool for a client.
In the profession, there is an adage: A lawyer who represents himself has a fool for a client.
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I've stopped reading his blog completely but from the headlines I keep seeing on BA it seems like he has decided to go ahead and sue Aeroplan. Dude just doesn't know when the throw in the towel and these shenanigans just make it worse for the rest of us.
You win some you lose some, it's part of the game but really suing Aeroplan? That seems like a mighty big stretch.
You win some you lose some, it's part of the game but really suing Aeroplan? That seems like a mighty big stretch.
Crap like this just seems to encourage more restrictive rules and practices in the future, that wind up impacting everyone for the worse, even if indirectly. You have to pick your battles, and this isn't one I would choose. However this blogger seems to see everything as a battle.
If this were a simple case of availability suddenly showing up on a route/carrier that is supposed to be bookable, but just rarely has availability...and then the carrier renegs, then fighting it might make sense (but not to the point of a lawsuit IMHO). But the Aeroplan award chart is pretty clear that you can't redeem for LX F...and he knows it. It's bad karma to be making such a stink about this IMHO.
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He's not an attorney. A law school graduate who has not yet passed the bar is not a lawyer. It really bothers me that he holds himself out to be a lawyer when he is clearly not licensed to practice.
Here he talks about sitting for the California Bar Examination in Summer 2013: An Important Decision Resolved - Live and Let's Fly
Here is where you can search for attorney's who are members of the California Bar: Attorney Search : The State Bar of California
I'd love to be proven wrong on this but I have searched every jurisdiction and he has no record of passing the bar in any state.
Here he talks about sitting for the California Bar Examination in Summer 2013: An Important Decision Resolved - Live and Let's Fly
Here is where you can search for attorney's who are members of the California Bar: Attorney Search : The State Bar of California
I'd love to be proven wrong on this but I have searched every jurisdiction and he has no record of passing the bar in any state.
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He's not an attorney. A law school graduate who has not yet passed the bar is not a lawyer. It really bothers me that he holds himself out to be a lawyer when he is clearly not licensed to practice.
Here he talks about sitting for the California Bar Examination in Summer 2013: An Important Decision Resolved - Live and Let's Fly
Here is where you can search for attorney's who are members of the California Bar: Attorney Search : The State Bar of California
I'd love to be proven wrong on this but I have searched every jurisdiction and he has no record of passing the bar in any state.
Here he talks about sitting for the California Bar Examination in Summer 2013: An Important Decision Resolved - Live and Let's Fly
Here is where you can search for attorney's who are members of the California Bar: Attorney Search : The State Bar of California
I'd love to be proven wrong on this but I have searched every jurisdiction and he has no record of passing the bar in any state.
It's actually been a major issue in the legal community that many law schools, particularly from 2010-13, were accepting people who had little chance of passing the bar and thus practicing as lawyers. If any of those people spent law school traveling and blogging about it, it's not super surprising they didn't pass the bar.
If there was a question about the clean hands doctrine or mutual mistake that year, he clearly didn't do well.
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#72
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LOL Herr Klint today got into a twitter spat with me repeatedly insisting I'm "the annoying troll" he keeps blocking from his blog. I'm not -- all I know about his blog I read from others, but whoever it is, apparently you sound like me. So, good job.
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I'm surprised he didn't threaten to sue you, too!
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