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-{{:sweetheart_settlement.jpg}}<fs x-small>MARCH 4, 2019<wrap indent> | </wrap><wrap indent> 3 MIN READ</wrap></fs>+{{:sweetheart_settlement.jpg|sweetheart_settlement.jpg}}<fs x-small>MARCH 4, 2019<wrap indent> | </wrap><wrap indent> 3 MIN READ</wrap></fs>
  
 ====== Burnett Attorney Demands Peters Refrain from Defamation ====== ====== Burnett Attorney Demands Peters Refrain from Defamation ======
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 Along with the letter, Dorros attached a Litigation Hold Notice, a formal notification to Peters that Burnett’s own lawsuit may be coming and he should find and preserve records pertaining to the matter described, including email, text documents, calendars, voice mails, videos, photos and even Post-it notes. Along with the letter, Dorros attached a Litigation Hold Notice, a formal notification to Peters that Burnett’s own lawsuit may be coming and he should find and preserve records pertaining to the matter described, including email, text documents, calendars, voice mails, videos, photos and even Post-it notes.
  
-<WRAP right round download 320px> {{  :attorney_letter.jpg?nolink&}}<fs smaller>**READ THE LETTER** from Robert Meyer Burnett’s attorney to Alec Peters’ lawyer. Download the {{:ltr_to_ap_counsel_-_lit_hold_-_with_exhibit.pdf|PDF}}.</fs> </WRAP>+<WRAP right round download 320px> {{  :attorney_letter.jpg?nolink&|attorney_letter.jpg}}<fs smaller>**READ THE LETTER** from Robert Meyer Burnett’s attorney to Alec Peters’ lawyer. Download the {{:ltr_to_ap_counsel_-_lit_hold_-_with_exhibit.pdf|PDF}}.</fs> </WRAP>
  
 ==== Holding Onto Evidence ==== ==== Holding Onto Evidence ====
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 [{{ :alec_peters.jpg?100|**Alec Peters**}}] [{{ :alec_peters.jpg?100|**Alec Peters**}}]
  
-**Holding out hope for a settlement**: Even without his client being served Alec Peters' legal complaint, Robert Meyer Burnett's attorney, Torin A. Dorros says it's "not unreasonable" to pursue "early resolution" of their legal dispute.+**Holding out hope for a settlement**: Even without his client being served Alec Peters’ legal complaint, Robert Meyer Burnett’s attorney, Torin A. Dorros says it’s "not unreasonable" to pursue "early resolution" of their legal dispute.
  
-  * **'Unconscionably one-sided'**: The settlement offer, which Peters described as "[[:sweetheart_deal|a sweetheart deal]]," instead features several provisions "that simply do not work … from a legal perspective, leaving aside that they may be unconscionably [[:settlement_analysis#one-sided_settlement|one-sided]]."+  * **‘Unconscionably one-sided’**: The settlement offer, which Peters described as "[[:sweetheart_deal|a sweetheart deal]]," instead features several provisions "that simply do not work … from a legal perspective, leaving aside that they may be unconscionably [[:settlement_analysis#one-sided_settlement|one-sided]]."
   * **Drastic revisions required**: While Burnett may well show interest in the idea of Peters releasing all claims against him for no monetary payment, the document Peters sent needs to be "drastically revise[d] … to make it suitable as a settlement agreement."   * **Drastic revisions required**: While Burnett may well show interest in the idea of Peters releasing all claims against him for no monetary payment, the document Peters sent needs to be "drastically revise[d] … to make it suitable as a settlement agreement."
-  * **Burnett's potential damages may be worth more**: Burnett may pursue various high-value claims against Peters and Axanar for wage and other employment issues, as well as Peters infringing on Burnett's copyrighted works, Dorros states: +  * **Burnett’s potential damages may be worth more**: Burnett may pursue various high-value claims against Peters and Axanar for wage and other employment issues, as well as Peters infringing on Burnett’s copyrighted works, Dorros states: 
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 “Mr. Burnett’s claims against Mr. Peters far outweigh the Axanar claims. We will need to discuss whether a monetary ‘walk away’ for both sides makes sense or whether some financial compensation will be required to be made by Mr. Peters and/or Axanar Productions.” “Mr. Burnett’s claims against Mr. Peters far outweigh the Axanar claims. We will need to discuss whether a monetary ‘walk away’ for both sides makes sense or whether some financial compensation will be required to be made by Mr. Peters and/or Axanar Productions.”
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-  * **A subtle jab**: Dorros' letter takes some jabs at Peters litigating "the majority of issues and information related to the Axanar project … on social media and other public forums." That very behavior led his longtime advisor and [[:bawden_resigns|PR director to resign]]. +  * **A subtle jab**: Dorros’ letter takes some jabs at Peters litigating "the majority of issues and information related to the Axanar project … on social media and other public forums." That very behavior led his longtime advisor and [[:bawden_resigns|PR director to resign]]. 
-  * **‘We’ll get back to you’**: Dorros promises a more thorough review of Peters' settlement, and will "get back to you in due course with comments and/or revisions if Mr. Burnett is agreeable to look toward resolution at this time."+  * **‘We’ll get back to you’**: Dorros promises a more thorough review of Peters’ settlement, and will "get back to you in due course with comments and/or revisions if Mr. Burnett is agreeable to look toward resolution at this time."
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 Peters and Axanar Productions may also have taken and used Burnett’s intellectual property, with the former director and editor never having assigned copyright to Axanar. The attorney says Axanar is "using, marketing and commercially exploiting" Burnett’s copyrighted works. {{:axamonitor-ico.gif?direct&}} Peters and Axanar Productions may also have taken and used Burnett’s intellectual property, with the former director and editor never having assigned copyright to Axanar. The attorney says Axanar is "using, marketing and commercially exploiting" Burnett’s copyrighted works. {{:axamonitor-ico.gif?direct&}}
  
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