jeffw@lemmy.worldM to News@lemmy.world · 13 days agoMike Lindell officially loses all his lawyers in $5M 'Prove Mike Wrong' cyber challengewww.rawstory.comexternal-linkmessage-square109fedilinkarrow-up1668arrow-down18
arrow-up1660arrow-down1external-linkMike Lindell officially loses all his lawyers in $5M 'Prove Mike Wrong' cyber challengewww.rawstory.comjeffw@lemmy.worldM to News@lemmy.world · 13 days agomessage-square109fedilink
minus-squareAlexanderESmith@social.alexanderesmith.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up27·13 days ago It was unclear if Lindell would retain new counsel in the case. As Foster pointed out, business entities cannot represent themselves in court. lol not even if he wanted to (which would be very entertaining to watch, sadly)
minus-squareHikermick@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·13 days agoI thought that to be interesting, never heard that before. Wonder what the reasoning is?
minus-squarekcuf2@lemmynsfw.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up7·13 days agoIf it’s incorporated (not a sole proprietorship or a partnership), the business is a legal entity just as a person, so the company would have to represent itself, but it’s not a real physical entity, so it can’t.
minus-squareours@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·13 days agoJust stuff a bunch of his pillows into a suit and call it a day. I mean how bad can M. Pillow, esquire, do?
minus-squareFuglyDuck@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down1·13 days agoAnd Lindell is not a lawyer so he can’t either.
lol not even if he wanted to (which would be very entertaining to watch, sadly)
I thought that to be interesting, never heard that before. Wonder what the reasoning is?
If it’s incorporated (not a sole proprietorship or a partnership), the business is a legal entity just as a person, so the company would have to represent itself, but it’s not a real physical entity, so it can’t.
Just stuff a bunch of his pillows into a suit and call it a day. I mean how bad can M. Pillow, esquire, do?
And Lindell is not a lawyer so he can’t either.