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Re:Terrorist watchlist exposed via misconfigured Elasticsear... by Spooky23 on Wednesday August 18, 2021 @04:36PM (#28226763)
That’s by design to make justice more accessible. IIRC, you can petition the judge to adjourn the case and move it to normal court.

Also, I believe in small claims as a defendant you can appoint an attorney to represent you. I sued a tow operator in small claims court and the dude who showed up was definitely an attorney.

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Re:Terrorist watchlist exposed via misconfigured Elasticsear... by derefr on Wednesday August 18, 2021 @09:29PM (#28229329)
> I sued a tow operator in small claims court and the dude who showed up was definitely an attorney.

That might be because you were suing a company, though. How would a company "represent itself"? Get the board of directors in?

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Re:Terrorist watchlist exposed via misconfigured Elasticsear... by owl_troupe on Thursday August 19, 2021 @03:30PM (#28238248)
Correct -- In many jurisdictions, corporations cannot proceed pro se. They must retain counsel.

As far as a company speaking for itself, a corporate representative is often designated to speak for and bind the company in any civil action.

See, e.g., Federal Rule 30(b)(6): https://www.law.cornell.edu/rules/frcp/rule_30

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Re:Terrorist watchlist exposed via misconfigured Elasticsear... by true_religion on Wednesday August 18, 2021 @09:42PM (#28229389)
Lots of times they just send an executive. See the Uber civil cases.
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