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Solomon was pondering how to relate to Katrara, but he didn't expect Edward to send him to the door......

Isn't this kid even sent by God to take charge of Larry Flint's lawsuit?

Edward knows how to play, but he also knows that his weight is far from enough to participate in these high-end games.

There is indeed no class barrier in the United States, and the upward channel is always open, which is much better than that of old Europe.

It's just that fresh blood needs to go through various investigations to become a part of the gate valve forces, and the test of time is one of them, and only after proving their ability and value in the great division of labor in society, the helpless young people (at this moment they may have reached middle age) will be gradually accepted by the old nobles, become a part of them, and everyone will eat together...... Wrong...... Govern this great country.

So Edward nodded immediately, "No problem, Larry is either in Delton or New York, when are you going to visit him?" ”

"Of course, when Mrs. Stapleton is there......"

"No problem...... Can I borrow your phone? ”

"Please"

Edward didn't shy away from it, calling Larry directly, and the usual rough voice began to complain that Larry Parry was targeting him (which is also true).

Edward had no choice but to show the patience of coaxing the little devil of the Ruthberg family, to calm down this amphetamine and eat bad brains, and then finalized the time of the visit......

"Ed, I didn't expect ......" Solomon laughed a little "I thought I was doing you a favor, but it turned out to be ......"

"I'm so grateful to you, really," Edward said, "I have to admit that I cursed you a lot behind my back when I was in the lawsuit, but now, you have earned my deepest respect with your generosity and wisdom...... It's true. ”

"Well, I'm very honored. By the way, you can take this agreement back with you and read it carefully before considering signing it. ”

"Yes," Edward nodded, "of course I trust you, but I'm a lawyer now, and everything I need to sign has to be carefully reviewed...... This is what the teacher has emphasized over and over again......"

"Of course ......"

Edward knew that Solomon was busy with business, so he didn't say much, and he was about to leave after collecting the contract.

"Don't worry...... Solomon smiled, "The agreement can be given to me in a few days, since I am here today, I will take you to familiarize yourself with this place, let you connect with my team, and find you a desk by the way...... To be honest, I'd love to get you an office...... But ......"

Edward was about to express his understanding.

Solomon slapped his thigh, "It was a problem, but not now, you have Larry Flint's big list that can bring economic benefits and expand the reputation of the company, so you are fully worthy of a private office, just don't expect to be ...... like me"

Solomon's office is 100 square meters, and in Manhattan, where land is at a premium, the annual rent alone is staggering.

Behind him are the whole floor-to-ceiling windows, you can clearly see the excellent natural scenery of Central Park, especially from the thirtieth floor, even the most ordinary people will have a pride in their hands.

"I was very surprised to have a private office!" Edward was happy.

White & Case is one of the largest law firms in New York and the world, and having an office here is a lifelong career for many of his peers.

I deeply feel that fate is really funny, if it weren't for Harry Remus's lawsuit, then Larry Flint would not have stood up for himself, and the latter would not have offended Larry Parry's pervert.

After meeting Larry Flint, he made a good start to his career as a practicing lawyer, and even became a communication channel between Solomon and Carter, of course, the channel itself is not of much significance, with Solomon's connections and family background, there is a way to contact Carter.

But now that Edward, as a lawyer at Wright & Case's firm, it is in line with business etiquette to take his boss to meet Larry Flint, after all, Larry is also on the rich list.

As for Edward himself, he could also take the opportunity to make an impression in front of Mrs. Stapleton, which would not bring immediate and visible benefits, and according to the old saying, it was more or less a good fate, and it would not seem so presumptuous to come to the door in the future......

It's a win-win situation.

Edward began to feel that life seemed to be quite flavorful, and he didn't need to do too much by himself, as long as he could properly allocate and dispatch network resources, he could reap a lot of benefits.

Come to think of it, Kamazepin and Bakhruyan Sorokin are now wrestling with the file in a small law firm, asking for only a few hundred or thousands of dollars in legal fees......

In contrast, Edward's starting point is too high, and he has a vague career bonus as a political broker.

The future is bright!

A small new salaried lawyer, but by the senior partner to familiarize themselves with the venue, introduced human resources, which caused a small sensation in the firm, especially this new Ding actually has his own independent office, although it is only five or six square meters, and it looks like it was rebuilt from a utility room, but this is also an independent office.

There are so many salaried lawyers in the firm, and there are independent offices, just this one!

Law firms are partnerships, usually several large partners each undertake a piece of business, and then everyone shares the resources provided by the law firm's platform, and the law firm takes a piece of the lawyers' income as operating costs.

Newcomers joining a law firm can become a salaried lawyer or a commission lawyer, the latter is equivalent to hanging under the name of a big law firm, borrowing a style to act, self-financing, making more pressure to make more money, and when the business volume accumulates to a certain extent, they can become partners, and then gradually upgrade to senior partners.

The number of salaried lawyers is much smaller than that of commission lawyers, because their salary is also a large expense, usually paid by the law firm or partners themselves, and being able to become a salaried lawyer of a large law firm proves that they have a very good development prospect, and the law firm or big partner is willing to train.

Since it is training, then don't expect too good an office environment.

Edward was setting a record this time.

Sitting in the office, he commanded several trainee lawyers to sort out the files, most of them were LLMs (Master of Laws), these people felt that they were not intelligent enough to complete their doctorates, so they studied for a master's degree, regarded themselves as blue-collar workers in the law firm, worked steadfastly, and could not become a partner of a large law firm for the rest of their lives. It's also a pretty good job.

Larry Parry is determined to kill the villain with his namesake this time.

There are two main directions in the indictment:

1 Defendant (Larry Flint) charged Larry Parry with his mother, thus committing defamation

2. The defendant maliciously and shamelessly published this seemingly spoof, but in fact slanderous advertisement, which systematically and premeditated caused huge mental damage to Larry Parry!

"I'm going to ......" Edward scratched his head, "I'm afraid that Larry Flint won't die, so I'll hammer him to death......"

In both cases, Larry Parry sues Larry for defamation in the form of a private criminal prosecution, and if the latter is found guilty, he is thrown to prison for several years to punish him for his previous misdeeds.

As for the second article, even if Edward is not a time-traveler, or a legal professional, he can understand the deep viciousness contained in it, and there is no "mental harm" in the most terrible mystery of the justice of the United States......

This crime is in charge of the air, and the judge especially eats this one, as long as the mental injury statement is established, then it will be followed by a huge amount of civil compensation.

Lawyers also particularly like to fight "mental injury" lawsuits, because this thing comes quickly, usually the lawyer and the client agree on the sharing ratio in advance, and both parties have a grievance and a skill, and they can make a fortune from the defendant.

Larry Parry also specifically stated that he asked the court to support his ......claim for $3,500w in moral damages from Larry Flint, and once he received the court's support, he would not want any of the money and donate it all to the Southern Methodist Church to promote the grace of the Lord on the land of the United States.

In this way, it is tantamount to tying the church to its side.

Of course, the church would not have gone out to cry out for Larry Parry in person, but ...... In the religiously strong South, with the church standing behind him, Larry Parry has a much better chance of winning.

The Church is powerful and has a lot of potential influence, and usually they don't get involved in this kind of secular battle, but ......

As a servant of God, he also has to eat, drink, and Lazar, and the servant walks the world to live in a first-class five-star hotel, and many choir boys will come back to ask for explanations when they grow up, and they have to pay a lot of hush money at this time......

Then there is feudal superstition...... No, religious activities also cost money, and even the church has undertaken some charitable tasks, as the government's pick-up and filler, for example, last year Beth Harmon asked the State Council to apply for funding to go to Moscow, the State Department did not approve, but the Southern Church came to the door and expressed its willingness to take it, but asked her to issue an anti-communist manifesto, if it wasn't for Edward's action, Beth would not have had the opportunity to challenge Petrosyan.

In short, the church is very expensive, and to open source, it is definitely not enough to rely on believers' donations and tithes tax, so ...... Ahem, Larry Parry's claim is not made casually, he hired a private intelligence agency in advance to make an estimate of Larry Flint's net worth, 3500w is almost the sum of all his assets......

This money is a huge amount of money no matter where it is, and if the church gets it, it will be able to live a good life in the next three to five years......

Edward scratched his head.

This case is troublesome, and it is more annoying than the "Belinda" case.

The latter can be described as a foolish duo at Buffalo, with prosecutor Patrick Abner and the FBI's Bill Cornell taking the plunge......

In this kind of matter, the judge will also comprehensively consider the appropriate side of the net when adjudicating the case.

But slandering Larry Parry is really conclusive!

Looking at the pseudo-Campari advertisement in that issue of Womanizer magazine, and the standard portrait of Larry Parry with his mouth turned into a chrysanthemum, Edward felt that if the Lady Justice opened her eyes, she should at least have a thunderbolt to cut the villain Larry Flint in half......

Oh, by the way, the goddess of justice is forever blindfolded.

"It's hard......"

Edward was really worried.

Larry Flint did a great job, and although it was cool at the time, it ...... now As a lawyer, I have repeatedly deduced countless court offenses and defenses in my mind......

As a result, they all lost the lawsuit......

And he lost both criminal and civil cases, and if that were the case, Larry Flint's net worth of tens of millions would be lost, and he would have to go to prison to pick up soap for at least three years......

According to what Edward knew about him, if he heard the judge's verdict, he would definitely be excited to take off his clothes and pants in the courtroom, and then jump on the judge's table, swaying and scolding the other party as a disgrace to the judiciary, the scum of democracy, and the dirt of the United States......

"Oh God......" Edward's eyes were spicy at the thought of these images.

But...... Taking people's money and eliminating disasters with people, when the matter comes to this point, he must take action to solve it, otherwise this case will directly damage his reputation in the judicial circle, and no one will dare to sue him in the future, not to mention it, and he will become a laughing stock in the circle......

"...... What to do, the court's ticket says that Larry Flint will be asked to attend a hearing in Memphis in a week, or else he will be punished for contempt of court, and this guy has a family and a business, and he can't play disappearance like Linda Laflaise......"

"What should I do......" he scratched his head.

Looking at the hair falling from the desk, Edward's heart ached!

Hair, I'm only 26 years old, how can I be as bald?

Once again, he flipped through Larry Parry's indictment......

“？？ Holy shit, why didn't buddy think of that? Nima, regardless of thirty-seven twenty-one, drag the case down first! ”

"Yes, anyway, Solomon is going to find Mrs. Stapleton, and the conversation between the big guys will inevitably involve Larry's case, and Mrs. Stapleton, the great god, is enough to offset the other party's god stick attack......"

"Yes, let's drag down the rhythm of the case and muddy the waters...... Damn, who am I? I'm a Tmd traverser, not to mention muddying the water, it's just to stir up...... Uh, it feels so disgusting......"

"Let me think, and then I think, what to do, how to delay, well, there you have it! Lao Tzu is disgusted with you, a yellow nail rake! ”

Edward called a trainee lawyer and asked him to write a complaint.

The latter didn't speak for a long time after listening to Edward's face-to-face lecture, which made him think that he hadn't made it clear: "Do you need me to say it again?" I'll admit, the idea is a bit ...... A bit of a standout......"

"My God" The trainee lawyer drew a cross on his chest and looked at Edward with awe, "I see, Mr. Yang, I have to say, you are really, what a ......"

He couldn't say any more and hurried out of the office.

The trainee lawyer of the big law firm is really easy to use, and soon a complaint was printed, Edward swept his eyes, the format was beautiful, the sentences were neat, and the style of the big law firm was really not blown.

He happily signed his name and handed the complaint to the other party, "Please send it to the Superior Court of New York City!" ”

The other party looked at him with the eyes of the old god, and then took the order.

So much so that Edward felt as if he should grow a few tentacles.

……

Three days later

Memphis.

"Bastard! Larry Flint, this bastard, no, and that shameless lawyer named Edward Young! ”

"This bastard is simply the scum of the judicial world, the poisonous tongue of the Jews! Satan has sent him to overthrow the United States! God, is he from Moscow! No, no, no, Moscow will not be so perverted, this bastard, where did he come from! ”

Larry Flint was furious, and he had just received a subpoena from the New York Superior Court asking him to fly over for the hearing.

At the beginning, Larry Parry didn't take it seriously, in his opinion, it was nothing more than a handful of ugly reptiles who did not dare to face the justice of the anti-pornography pioneers, and could only secretly play small tricks.

After he read the subpoena carefully, he immediately roared, which is extremely rare for Larry Parry, who has always paid attention to his appearance and attitude, don't go, he used to be a prosecutor, he has always been a pastor of the Methodist Church, who has ever seen a pastor open his mouth and close his mouth and swear words......

I don't blame him for being angry, in fact, whoever receives this thing will jump to their feet.

The subpoena states that Mr. Edward Young, as Larry Flint's plenipotentiary, filed a lawsuit in the New York Supreme Court against Larry Parry...... Uh, infringement.

Yes, infringement.

Generally speaking, if you don't have a history of mental illness for more than ten years, or if you have been hit hard in the brain repeatedly, you can't think of such an angle to prosecute.

The specific act involved in the infringement is that Larry Parry had been preparing to sue Larry Flint by cutting out and copying the vicious fake Campari "joke" in "Womanizer" and sending it to his followers in an attempt to prove how Larry Flint, a hooligan, was shameless and rumor-mongering the honorable Mr. Larry Parry.

This is a very common behavior.

However, Edward's lack of virtue lies in the fact that he directly stated in the complaint that Larry Parry had copied and distributed the advertisement without the consent of Larry Flint, the author and owner of the advertisement, which clearly violated the legitimate rights and interests of Larry Flint and Womanizer magazine.

However, since Larry Parry did not make a profit from it, Mr. Edward graciously stated that he would not hold Larry Parry criminally responsible, and only asked him to publicly apologize to Larry Flint and promise not to make such mistakes again in the future, and to receive a symbolic compensation of $1!

Incidentally, Larry Flint advertised in the media that he would immediately donate $100,000 to the Methodist Charitable Foundation, of which Mrs. Stapton was the honorary chairman, and Larry claimed that he had been instructed to devote himself to charity.

Compared with the illusory 3,500w dollar compensation, this 100,000 real money is of course more eye-catching.

For a while, the media in the north, especially in New York, exaggerated this, and they may not be able to afford to look down on the rough embryo Larry, but they would like to see the yellow nail rake deflated.

What's more, there has been a new development in Larry Parry's previous defamation lawsuit against Larry Flint.

It was Mr. Edward who filed a defense with the court in writing, asking the judge to suspend the trial first, because the plaintiff was suspected of infringement, and the object of the infringement was the defendant, and the subject matter of the infringement was also one of the important pieces of evidence in the case.

It is inappropriate to rush into a defamation case without clarifying the infringement case, because according to the law, all sources of evidence must be reasonable and lawful in the trial of the case, and materials obtained in violation of the law cannot be used as evidence.

Larry Parry was cocooning himself this time, and he sent the false advertisement to the believers in order to get the believers to sign the joint petition, which is also important evidence, and at the same time it is a strong pressure on the judge......

Edward also speculated in his defense that Mr. Larry Parry, as a senior lawyer and a senior believer, blatantly violated the law by using the so-called evidence obtained illegally to demand that good believers endorse him, which is detrimental to dignity!

He didn't add a subject in front of his dignity, but everyone could see that this clearly meant that Larry Parry was handing knives to Moscow and other foreign forces regardless of the face of the United States!

That night, Larry Parry, who had eaten three tablets of diazepam, still couldn't sleep, and as long as he closed his eyes, he would see the ridiculous infringement indictment and the pleadings, and sit on his chest like Hatty McDaniel.

Harty is a well-known movie star in the United States, winning the Oscar for Best Supporting Actress that year for her role as Scarlett's wet nurse in "Gone with the Wind".

Larry Parry felt tightness in his chest, and he opened his eyes helplessly, looking at the ceiling in the darkness, and tears silently slipped through the corners of his eyes......

"What's wrong with this country? Why is the conscience of the United States like mine so humiliated......"

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