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 ====== Lawyer Decries Defamation as Questions Multiply in Suit ====== ====== Lawyer Decries Defamation as Questions Multiply in Suit ======
  
-**//Big talk, little action: Alec Peters’ former advisor calls him out for trying to intimidate director Rob Burnett// **+**//Big talk, little action: Is Alec Peters serious about doing any more than intimidating director Rob Burnett?// **
  
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-Apparently concerned by Peters’ lack of legal experience, and Peters’ insistence on communicating with him, Dorros pleaded for intervention by Peters’ attorney, H. Michael Dever.:+Apparently concerned by Peters’ lack of legal experience, and Peters’ insistence on communicating with him, Dorros pleaded for intervention by Peters’ attorney, H. Michael Dever:
  
 > I have not received any response from you to my prior correspondences. I would thus respectfully request a response as to whether I should be handling this matter through you or directly with Mr. Peters — I do believe <wrap hi>it would be to the parties’ benefit to have experienced counsel such as yourself involved</wrap> in the process.((Letter from Torin Dorros to H. Michael Dever, Re: Alec Peters and Axanar Productions, Inc. v. Robert Meyer Burnett, p. 1, 4/12/19.))   > I have not received any response from you to my prior correspondences. I would thus respectfully request a response as to whether I should be handling this matter through you or directly with Mr. Peters — I do believe <wrap hi>it would be to the parties’ benefit to have experienced counsel such as yourself involved</wrap> in the process.((Letter from Torin Dorros to H. Michael Dever, Re: Alec Peters and Axanar Productions, Inc. v. Robert Meyer Burnett, p. 1, 4/12/19.))  
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 <WRAP right round download 320px> {{  :ltr_to_m_dever_re_follow_up_re_review_of_ap_settlement_agreement_-_4-12-2019_-_with_exhibits.pdf_page_1_of_27_.jpg?nolink&}}<wrap lo>**Read the Letter**</wrap>\\ <WRAP right round download 320px> {{  :ltr_to_m_dever_re_follow_up_re_review_of_ap_settlement_agreement_-_4-12-2019_-_with_exhibits.pdf_page_1_of_27_.jpg?nolink&}}<wrap lo>**Read the Letter**</wrap>\\
-<fs small>You can download a copy of the three-page {{:dever_letter.pdf|letter to Alec Peters' attorney}}  (208 KB) from Robert Meyer Burnett’s lawyer, Torin Dorros on April 12.</fs> </WRAP>+<fs small>You can download a copy of the three-page {{:dever_letter.pdf|letter to Alec Peters' attorney}}  (208 KB) from Robert Meyer Burnett’s lawyer, Torin Dorros, on April 12.</fs> </WRAP>
  
 ==== Lawyer: Stop Defaming Burnett ==== ==== Lawyer: Stop Defaming Burnett ====
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 Dorros warned Dever’s client off such behavior: Dorros warned Dever’s client off such behavior:
  
-> I will not go into detail as to the various and multiple other instances of quite clear defamation by Mr. Peters relative to Mr. Burnett, however I must again insist that you ensure that your client immediately cease and desist from any such further conduct and remove/take down any and all similar language … from any location accessible by third parties, including without limitation, the Internet, YouTube, Facebook, Instagram, the Axanar Productions website, or otherwise.((Letter from Torin Dorros to H. Michael Dever, Re: Alec Peters and Axanar Productions, Inc. v. Robert Meyer Burnett, p. 3, 4/12/19.))+> I will not go into detail as to the various and multiple [[yout>IDDI8KeRsug|other instances]] of quite clear defamation by Mr. Peters relative to Mr. Burnett, however I must again insist that you ensure that your client immediately cease and desist from any such further conduct and remove/take down any and all similar language … from any location accessible by third parties, including without limitation, the Internet, YouTube, Facebook, Instagram, the Axanar Productions website, or otherwise.((Letter from Torin Dorros to H. Michael Dever, Re: Alec Peters and Axanar Productions, Inc. v. Robert Meyer Burnett, p. 3, 4/12/19.))
  
 [{{ :captain-peters-1.jpg|**Alec Peters**}}] [{{ :captain-peters-1.jpg|**Alec Peters**}}]
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   * **First delay**: It took Peters 25 days to serve Burnett, a California resident with the legal summons for the Georgia lawsuit.   * **First delay**: It took Peters 25 days to serve Burnett, a California resident with the legal summons for the Georgia lawsuit.
   * **Badly served**: Neither Peters nor his attorney have filed the required proof of service with the court. Without such proof filed with the court, Burnett isn’t required to reply to the suit, effectively grinding Peters’ legal action to a halt. According to Dorros:   * **Badly served**: Neither Peters nor his attorney have filed the required proof of service with the court. Without such proof filed with the court, Burnett isn’t required to reply to the suit, effectively grinding Peters’ legal action to a halt. According to Dorros:
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 > While indeed Mr. Burnett appears to have been served with papers in the action — this should not be taken as a concession as to whether such service in fact is proper or sufficient and thus for the moment our position is that service is improper and/or insufficient.((Letter from Torin Dorros to H. Michael Dever, Re: Alec Peters and Axanar Productions, Inc. v. Robert Meyer Burnett, p. 1, 4/12/19.)) > While indeed Mr. Burnett appears to have been served with papers in the action — this should not be taken as a concession as to whether such service in fact is proper or sufficient and thus for the moment our position is that service is improper and/or insufficient.((Letter from Torin Dorros to H. Michael Dever, Re: Alec Peters and Axanar Productions, Inc. v. Robert Meyer Burnett, p. 1, 4/12/19.))
  
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-Dorros’ letter also observed Peters’ settlement proposal did not include the other plaintiff in the suit, Axanar Productions Inc. "It would need to be a party to the settlement agreement."((Letter from Torin Dorros to H. Michael Dever, Re: Alec Peters and Axanar Productions, Inc. v. Robert Meyer Burnett, p. 1, 4/12/19.))+Dorros’ letter also observed Peters’ settlement proposal did not include the other plaintiff in the suit, Axanar Productions Inc. "It would need to be a party to the settlement agreement," he wrote.((Letter from Torin Dorros to H. Michael Dever, Re: Alec Peters and Axanar Productions, Inc. v. Robert Meyer Burnett, p. 1, 4/12/19.))
  
-Despite being named a defendant in the suit against Burnett, Axanar Productions Inc. may not have standing to sue in Georgia courts. It remained a California corporation, and is not registered to do business in Georgia.+Despite being named a defendant in the suit against Burnett, Axanar Productions Inc. may not have standing to sue in Georgia courts. It remains a California corporation, and is not registered to do business in Georgia.
  
 ===== Digital Assets ===== ===== Digital Assets =====
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 Dorros asked for a detailed list of items, within seven days, to which Peters believes he’s entitled. Dorros asked for a detailed list of items, within seven days, to which Peters believes he’s entitled.
  
-===== A Prelude Fan =====+[{{ ::torin_dorros.jpg?150|Attorney **Torin Dorros**}}] 
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 +===== About Burnett's Attorney ===== 
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 +Dorros represents clients in privacy and data breach, complex commercial and intellectual property litigation, especially focusing on healthcare, entertainment and media, social media and the Internet, software, and technology industries.(([[https://www.dorroslaw.com/our-professionals/torin-dorros/|Dorros Law website]], Torin Dorros, managing attorney, retrieved 4/16/19.)) 
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 +==== A Prelude Fan ====
  
 Dorros admitted he was a fan of //Prelude to Axanar//, and that he hoped Peters would direct his attention to producing //Axanar//. "Hopefully in the end your client will in fact be able to move forward with things and complete the Axanar project," he said. Dorros admitted he was a fan of //Prelude to Axanar//, and that he hoped Peters would direct his attention to producing //Axanar//. "Hopefully in the end your client will in fact be able to move forward with things and complete the Axanar project," he said.
  
-"Personally I, like many, thought //Prelude//  was excellent," Dorros added. — your client’s time may be better spent focusing on finishing the Axanar project itself rather than defaming and suing people. I truly do hope that the Axanar project will ultimately be completed."(( Letter from Torin Dorros to H. Michael Dever, Re: Alec Peters and Axanar Productions, Inc. v. Robert Meyer Burnett, p. 2, 4/12/19.)) {{:axamonitor-ico.gif?direct&}}+"Personally I, like many, thought //Prelude//  was excellent," Dorros added. "Your client’s time may be better spent focusing on finishing the Axanar project itself rather than defaming and suing people. I truly do hope that the Axanar project will ultimately be completed."(( Letter from Torin Dorros to H. Michael Dever, Re: Alec Peters and Axanar Productions, Inc. v. Robert Meyer Burnett, p. 2, 4/12/19.)) {{:axamonitor-ico.gif?direct&}}
  
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