Re:Verdict for Google in Oracle's patent infringement case
by Natsu on Wednesday May 23, 2012 @04:15PM
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Presumably, they would like to know which law firm employs her. That is relevant information, though I suspect she knows better than to cover cases her firm participates in after what happened when the Patent Troll Tracker was outed as a Cisco lawyer.
He was an honest fellow who got hit with a bunch of lawsuits from a troll who didn't like being called a troll and ended up in a mess because he commented on a case he was a party to and ended up resigning. He was outed after a troll put a bounty on his identity, no less.
Re:Verdict for Google in Oracle's patent infringement case
by nknight on Wednesday May 23, 2012 @04:18PM
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Why do you think she's employed by any law firm? She's a former paralegal, not a current paralegal.
Re:Verdict for Google in Oracle's patent infringement case
by Natsu on Wednesday May 23, 2012 @04:24PM
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Can you cite a source on that? I wasn't aware of her being retired and I find it hard to believe that someone with her skill would be unemployed.
Re:Verdict for Google in Oracle's patent infringement case
by nknight on Wednesday May 23, 2012 @04:42PM
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I guess my only direct source is that every time she's spoken of working as a paralegal, it's been in the past tense. e.g. her H-Online interview:
http://www.h-online.com/open/features/Groklaw-The-blog-that-...
It would certainly have been impractical for long stretches of Groklaw's history for PJ to have a day job.
Florian's hand was ultimately forced because it is impractical to keep consulting for multiple large companies a secret.
So far, no one has ever found any evidence that PJ is anything other than what she says she is -- a Linux user and former paralegal. Even when Maureen O'Gara thought it'd be a good idea to stalk her and publish everything to the world, no evidence of any kind came to light.
You are proposing a criminal (yes, criminal, perjury is a crime, and sworn statements as to PJ's lack of involvement with IBM were filed in the SCO case) conspiracy spanning at least multiple large public companies, a well-known law professor, and several prominent tech journalists.