MicroWaveOct 6, 2023

MyPillow lawyers say CEO Mike Lindell owes them millions of dollars

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MyPillow lawyers say CEO Mike Lindell owes them millions of dollars - Lemmy.world

The attorneys defending Mike Lindell and his business against defamation claims from voting machine companies are seeking to sever ties with the “MyPillow Guy” over millions of dollars in unpaid legal fees. In a court filing Thursday, the law firm of Parker Daniels Kibort LLC said Lindell and MyPillow are months behind on their legal bills in three defamation cases, and they can no longer afford to represent him. “At this time, Defendants are in arrears by millions of dollars to PDK,” the filing said. “PDK is a small litigation and trial firm in Minneapolis, MN and cannot afford to finance Defendants’ defense in the Litigations.”

Show threadObserver1199Oct 6, 2023
Is anyone surprised? I don’t understand why these law firms don’t require payment up front for “defendants” like this. I wouldn’t represent them for all the money in the world but if I was going to I wouldn’t do it on good faith that they’ll pay me when the bill becomes due. The minute the owe me a cent, all work stops until payment is received.
Show threadVelvetStorm
Hopefully it will put scumbag lawyers like this out of business.
Oct 6, 2023 at 1:54pmWeb
Show threadObserver1199Oct 7, 2023
I couldn’t do it but I understand that to have a balanced law system there needs to be lawyers to defend even the guilty. Some are ethically challenged and stoop to disgusting tactics but not all who defend the obviously guilty play dirty. Frustrating when bad people evade justice on a technicality but sometimes that’s the fault of the prosecution for making a mistake, which of course happen as matter of course though that doesn’t make it any more palatable.