Poon vs. Tang, a feel-good story

jt2

jt2

Eschew Obfuscation
No, it isn't what you think.

CN: Douchebag lawyer decides that he's unhappy with wedding photos. Threatens photographer and tries to extort him for $15,000 plus refunding fees. Photographer reaches out to Gary Fong, and justice prevails.

At stake it seems was setting a precedent of holding photogs liable for product their clients were unhappy with. It never went to trial, so law students will be forever deprived of studying Poon vs. Tang.

http://petapixel.com/2014/11/23/revisiting-case-wedding-photographer-threatened-300000-lawsuit/

Good on Gary Fong for stepping up and helping the guy. And he filed a complaint against Douchebag Lawyer, who was disciplined by the Washington Bar.

http://petapixel.com/2014/12/09/gary-fong-account-ridiculous-300000-lawsuit-threat-nelson-tang/
 
UDRider

UDRider

FLCL?
The bride of the dipshit was photographers friend for ten years! With friends like this who needs enemies.

He should have been disbard.
 
m_asim

m_asim

Coitus Infinitum
Who photograp her and who photograp him? :confused

WTF is with BARF parsing today?
 
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jt2

jt2

Eschew Obfuscation
UDRider said:
The bride of the dipshit was photographers friend for ten years! With friends like this who needs enemies.

He should have been disbard.
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Agreed - he did get what amounted to a slap on the wrist, but I have a feeling that the story will follow him for quite a while given the attention it got thanks to Fong.
 
enki

enki

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Not surprised at all. I have friends that shoot weddings. People go absolutely fucking nuts about their "precious moments."
 
jdhu

jdhu

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A friend of mine kind of went through the reverse. He and his fiance had wedding photos taken, and they weren't 100% thrilled. The fiance photoshopped a few of them more to her liking, and then received threats from the photographer about copyright infringement, etc.
 
AbsolutEnduser

AbsolutEnduser

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I agree with the end of the G.Fong's story "It’s so ridiculous that if it wasn’t real, you’d think the whole thing was completely made up."

I did think that the printed letter was like nearly made up.. :wtf
 
Cycle61

Cycle61

What the shit is this...
So thankful that in my years of wedding photography, I never ran into any really bad clients. A couple that were difficult to work with, yes, but never a full-blown bridezilla or anything. Glad that Gary Fong went to bat for them, he's the real deal. :thumbup
 
Akira-R

Akira-R

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There should be some accountability for lawyers who abuse their power and threaten craptastic lawsuits.

As far as Poon vs Tang goes, i saw something similar on Cinemax last night.
 
lefty

lefty

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Akira-R said:
There should be some accountability for lawyers who abuse their power and threaten craptastic lawsuits.

As far as Poon vs Tang goes, i saw something similar on Cinemax last night.
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You Win the "Best Post" Award!!!

The thread can now be closed!!
 
clutchslip

clutchslip

Not as fast as I look.
What a terrible attorney. There is tons of precedent that you cannot sue for "quality of work", if the contract was materially satisfied. Try this with any "mechanic lien" on real property and you will get zip.

Ask Ernie, he was a contractor, and never lost a dime despite his work. J/K buddy. :p
 
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