Gerald Posner Hires Mark Lane To Defend Against Plagiarism Charges

[Bolo Boffin]

Yes, the guy who wrote Case Closed to, among other things, refute Mark Lane's book Rush to Judgment has now hired Lane to defend him against more plagiarism charges.

http://blogs.miaminewtimes.com/riptide/2010/05/gerald_posner_hires_rush_to_ju.php

"Although I'm convinced Lee Harvey Oswald assassinated President Kennedy, I've always believed that had Mark Lane represented Oswald, he would have won an acquittal," Posner says in a press release. "That's why Mark Lane was the obvious choice as my own attorney."

Lane, in a letter, charges New Times with "vulgar and threatening attacks" and says that Posner is "prepared to file a complaint."

However no lawsuit has been filed. Here's editor Chuck Strouse's comments on the situation:

"We're delighted to have Mr. Lane, an 83-year-old Jonestown survivor, involved. We clearly have nothing against Mr. Posner, though we despise his admitted serial plagiarism. New details on this egregious literary theft -- which is crystal clear -- will be published soon."

Homina homina homina.

[zappaman]

1. any idea who got plagiarized? n/t

[sofa king]

2. The Miami Herald, I think.

http://www.miamiherald.com/2010/02/11/1473780/gerald-posner-quits-daily-beast.html

" Jack Shafer, a writer for Slate.com, reported last week that Posner had lifted five sentences from a Miami Herald article about the battle over the late Ben Novack Jr.'s estate.

On Monday, Shafer reported more instances of plagiarism by Posner from a Miami Herald blog, a Miami Herald editorial, Texas Lawyer magazine and a healthcare journalism blog.

In response on Wednesday, Posner said he blamed the ``warp speed of the net'' and his ``master electronic files'' system.

Concluded Posner: ``In the compressed deadlines of the Beast, it now seems certain that those master files were a recipe for disaster for me. It allowed already published sources to get through to a number of my final and in the quick turnaround I then obviously lost sight of the fact that it belonged to a published source instead of being something I wrote.''

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[CTKA-Probe]

3. I love this the arch lone nut goes running to Lane for help. Owned totally!

[SDuderstadt]

4. If you don't see that's how the law and lawyers work....

then you know as little about the law as you do about the JFK assassination, dude.

[CTKA-Probe]

5. Hello Dud. I have a great surprise for you!

You may wanna go check out the links. Now don't go deleting any posts because ha ha ha ha because I have a whole bunch of people
watching what your gonna try and do.

Oh you are a funny fellow Dud!

Oh and I never knew what a lawyer was for Dud. Can't Posner defend himself? Hes a lawyer too.

Oh your so smart!

[SDuderstadt]

6. Have you ever heard the expression...

"a lawyer who represents himself has a fool for a client"? Lawyers are represented by other lawyers all the time, dude.

As I indicated earlier, you know as little about the law as you do about the JFK assassination.