If everything in Treaty's complaint were true, and I were the judge, I'd grant the first demurrer filed, and dismiss the entire complaint with prejudice.
The chilling effect of this lawsuit on this board is already evident. Who is going to upset Treaty next and get sued, maybe it will be one of our moderators. Treaty doesn't own this board. This is first amendement territory. Someone's blog opinion normally doesn't give rise to a slander per se, or a malum per se, or a libel per se. Treaty's on pretty thin ice, and pissing a lot of people off; but now they're too scared to say anything, they might get sued. This is just plain wrong.
Their busines is oil, our business as shareholders is the production of oil. Stay focused and produce some oil! Bashers disappear (vaporize) with performance, while the rest of us get rich, hopefully.
