2009/7/11 George Herbert <george.herbert(a)gmail.com>om>:
Technically, the user could just ignore this - a
lawsuit in a UK court
without relevant jurisdiction, under US law as applies, can be
ignored. A default judgement against him might be entered, however,
and that might make future travel to Europe difficult.
Would they stop you at the airport to enforce a civil judgement?
Criminal, certainly, but I'm not sure about civil.
One might suggest attempting to get criminal charges
for barratry
brought in the users' home jurisdiction in the US, but that is
probably a stretch.
They have only threatened to sue him once and the case isn't entirely
without merit (I don't think the matter has ever actually been
determined in UK case law), so I don't see that going anywhere.
I hope someone's made sure Mike is aware... ?
I will.