Status Update On Niemann Litigation

Carlsen, Rensch, Chesscom and Nakamura have all signed waivers of service which have been filed with the Court. Dates for these parties to answer (or move)) are presently as follows:
Carlsen 1/25/2023
Chesscom 12/27/2022
Rensch 12/27/2022
Nakamura 1/3/2023

Magistrate Judge Stephen R. Welby is no longer assigned to the case. Case has been reassigned to District Judge Ronnie L. White for all further proceedings, effective 11/15/2022.

Last Docket Entry: "IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that by November 23, 2022, Neimann shall file an amended Complaint that alleges facts establishing the citizenship of all relevant parties to this action. (Amended/Supplemental Pleadings due by 11/23/2022.) Signed by District Judge Ronnie L. White on 11/16/2022. (TMT) (Entered: 11/16/2022)"

Attorneys have appeared for Carlsen. As of today there are no appearances for any of the other defendants. It also appears that Play Magnus has not yet been served with process.

To be continued.....

Background of Judge White from Wiki:

"Education and legal career
White received an Associate of Arts degree from St. Louis Community College in 1977 and received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Saint Louis University in 1979. He earned a Juris Doctor from the University of Missouri–Kansas City in 1983. He worked as a public defender in St. Louis and an attorney in various other government offices and was elected as a Democratic member of the Missouri House of Representatives, where he served for six years. In 1993, he was appointed as a City Counselor for St. Louis City. In May 1994, Governor Mel Carnahan appointed him a judge for the Eastern District of the Missouri Court of Appeals. Carnahan appointed White to the Supreme Court of Missouri in October 1995. He served as the court's first African-American Chief Justice from 2003 to 2005.[1] White retired from the court on July 6, 2007, and was succeeded by Judge Patricia Breckenridge.[2]"

First nomination to federal district court
In 1997, President Bill Clinton nominated White for a United States district court seat. White's nomination passed the United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary, but ran into resistance from then-Senator John Ashcroft in 1999. Ashcroft claimed White was "pro-criminal" due to White's opinions in death penalty cases before the Supreme Court and cited opposition from Missouri police associations that were later discovered to be all-white.[3] Carnahan and other Democrats criticized Republican opposition to the nomination, and it quickly became embroiled with racial overtones and an issue in the United States Senate election in Missouri the following year.[4] On October 5, 1999, the United States rejected White's nomination by a 45–54 vote.[5] Ashcroft's opposition to White hurt him both in the 2000 Senate election, which he narrowly lost for a variety of reasons, and during his confirmation hearings when he was appointed United States Attorney General in 2001.

Second nomination to federal district court
On November 7, 2013, President Obama nominated White to serve on the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri.[6] He received a hearing before the United States Senate Judiciary Committee on May 20, 2014.[7] On June 19, 2014, his nomination was reported out of committee by a 10–8 vote.[8] On Monday, July 14, 2014 Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid filed a motion to invoke cloture on the nomination. On July 16, 2014, the United States Senate voted 54–43 to invoked cloture on White's nomination, cutting off a Republican-led filibuster of White's nomination.[9] Later that same day, his nomination was confirmed by a 53–44 vote.[10] He received his judicial commission on July 17, 2014.[2]"
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ronnie_L._White

And FWIMBW, here are some cases that White has been involved in:
stlrecord.com/organizations/645199692-judge-ronnie-l-white

Very nice! -- Thank you.

Reassigned Judge WHITE , sounds biased ..

@VTWood said in #1:

> Attorneys have appeared for Carlsen. As of today there are no appearances for any of the other defendants. It also appears that Play Magnus has not yet been served with process.

Is it possible that this is to do with the issue of whether they can be tried in that particular jurisdiction? Or is it more mundane than that?

Play Magnus Group lawyers requested all lawsuit documents be translated in Norwegian. This will add delay and fees to Hans's law firm.

Is the lawsuit speaks for itself?
Res ipsa loquitur (Latin: "the thing speaks for itself") is a doctrine in the common law and Roman-Dutch law jurisdictions under which a court can infer negligence from the very nature of an incident in the absence of direct evidence on how any defendant behaved in the context of tort litigation.

Possession of materials to be employed in the commission of the crime, which are specifically designed for such unlawful use or which serve no lawful purpose of the actor under the circumstances.

Logs are an independent, machine-generated record of what happened within a network for both system and user activity. When set up properly, and with the appropriate due care, logs can provide an immutable fingerprint of system and user activity. In many cases, the logs tell a story as to what really happened in an incident. They can tell you what systems were involved; how the systems and people behaved; what information was accessed; who accessed it; and precisely when these activities took place.

Can a shareholder like Magnus Carlsen be held liable?
The shareholders' liability in a corporation is limited to the amount they paid for their shares; shareholders are usually not liable for the corporation's debts.

What is total share Magnus Carlsen has in Play Magnus Group?
8.9%

Is Magnus Carlsen liable for damages?
One of the main benefits of the corporate form of business is that the shareholders, directors and officers of a corporation are not usually held personally responsible for the debts and obligations of the corporation.

Is Magnus Carlsen liable for company debts?
As a shareholder of your corporation, you have limited liability. This means that you and the other shareholders are not responsible for the corporation's debts.

Is Magnus Carlsen protected by limited liability?
Limited liability acts as layer of protection between the company and the individual directors/shareholders of the business. This can be extremely valuable if the company ever finds itself in financial difficulty or is threatened with the prospect of insolvency.

Can Play Magnus Group countersue Hans Moke Niemann for defamation?
Yes. A corporation is defamed if material is published about that corporation that would tend to negatively impact its standing in the business in which it operates. Although a company or corporation is not considered to have a reputation in the sense that an individual does, statements that would impact the public’s view of a company’s financial soundness or managerial integrity are generally considered defamatory to a company’s business reputation. Partnerships may be defamed in the same way as corporations.

Defamatory statements may harm the individuals’ reputations and have no impact on the business, or they may harm the business’ reputation and have no impact on the individuals. Such defamatory statements may lead to separate causes of actions for the business and the individuals.

Truth is always an absolute defense, and even if a corporation or partnership suffers harm, if the statements are true, it may not collect damages.

If statements are false, but are expressed as an opinion, a defendant may have a defense.

However, how the statements are presented and whether they would be understood to be an opinion by a reasonable person will be taken into consideration when determining if the statements are defamatory.

What happens when you lie under oath?
Perjury is considered a crime against justice.

@BeaverB1xQD8 said in #6:
> If statements are false, but are expressed as an opinion, a defendant may have a defense.

Thats what i said over and over. Magnus always said "I think", "I believe" bla bla. He never accused anyone, he merely expressed his opinion.

@Alientcp said in #7:

> Thats what i said over and over. Magnus always said "I think", "I believe" bla bla. He never accused anyone, he merely expressed his opinion.

That's not a sufficient defence, as confirmed by two lawyers who post on here.

I suggest listening to a real lawyer:
youtu.be/Gkd1Q0Ntt9s?t=763

Opinions, as opposed to statements of fact, can never be defamatory. Lawsuit is a joke, nothing's gonna come out of it.

Ha, they are real lawyers, who've posted at length on this issue, on multiple threads, which you'd know except for the fact you arrived on the site today.