You are correct. The default judgment was in favor of Harvey Vechery. Back in January. Halpern did not show for that date either. Did the attorney fail to mention that to Halpern almost four months ago? You were told that Halpern only found out about the court date last week? Even though it doesn’t matter, that’s probably because he no longer has an attorney of record listed. It was not on any of the documents I read. Just Greg Halpern and Max Sound. Therefore, it was Halpern’s responsibility to stay on top of scheduling. In other words, it’s a pretty lame excuse.
My first response is that a CEO in charge of a company should pay more attention to his legal status. In addition, it was certainly the topic of discussion on the boards the last few weeks. I think he would need to pay his attorney to ensure that he stays on top of important scheduling such as this court date. That might have been the “falling out” you are hypothesizing about.
You are saying that Halpern is telling you he gets a “Scooby Doo-over” with the court because he didn’t know about the date? That’s not the way it works. It’s a “dog ate my homework” level excuse. But it does sound like his no-show for the Google hearing which resulted in a judgment against MAXD, Blaisure, and Halpern. It also sounds like the judgment case in Chicago, and then sister judgment case in San Diego where he didn’t show. That was the 8-million-dollar judgment from the Z-Trim shareholders against Halpern.The old saying about “ignorance of the law is no excuse” pertains to Greg Halpern as well.
People have been talking about this date for weeks on the board. You can’t just not show up and then blame it on an attorney who was not even listed. Since Greg Halpern has a “no show” history when it comes to court appearances, I think this is nothing more than an attempt to deflect attention away from the source of the problems.
