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Re: Manhattan Club Lawsuit (by Nathan Z.):

Why is it some people always resort to "my way or the highway?" I'm sure that's not the limit of your persuasive skills.

Perhaps this thread wouldn't be "hundreds of posts" (actually 5500) and 277 pages if contributors replied to the topic instead of replying to the message! Which Chris has been asked to do numerous times by many different posters. And if some contributors, didn't feel obligated to answer every question with their opinion as is it were fact. Saying "I'm not an attorney but..." still implies some special knowledge or qualification, which I have yet to see demonstrated.

I have owned condo's and timeshares and have never seen a list of all owners. Board Members, yes; individual owners, no. Which in the case of the MC would be as many as 15,000 names, and would become public knowledge in a heartbeat if it were made available. The MC is on solid ground in not releasing its list. I don't want 10 emails every day from companies offering to get me out of the Manhattan Club! Where it goes wrong is in charging an outrageous fee to facilitate a mailing through a third party. And that is what is being litigated.

I am glad that JMZ is involved; but I wouldn't expect too much more work from him, even with the possible contingency fee, unless he has enough clients or finds an investor who likes the odds to fund the case. Contingency fees are where the real money comes in for winning attorneys, but they don't generally invest too much of their own money in getting justice. Because money spent by the attorney on a lost case is lost money; he can't go back to you afterwards.

I know folks here followed the AG's investigation and really enjoy reviewing the testimony ad infinitum. But the investigation did not start here and the AG settled without bringing criminal charges. I can't imagine why a new AG would reopen a settled matter where the state has already spent years of time and hundreds of thousands - maybe millions - of dollars to reach a settlement.

But soldier on! I won't give you an ultimatum to skip my post or unsubscribe.