Halliburton Responds to Larry Klayman's Supersillyous Suit(My Title)

CBS Market Watch "Big Charts" Web Site ^ | 7/10/2002 | MarketWatch.com

[SierraWasp]

12:57PM Halliburton responds to Judicial Watch lawsuit (HAL) by Michael Baron Halliburton (HAL) is off 30 cents, or 2.1 percent, to $13.82, in midday action. The company is out with a press release responding to a lawsuit filed by Judicial Watch, a Washington, D.C.-based legal watchdog group. The suit alleges fraudulent accounting practices at Halliburton took place during the period when current vice president Dick Cheney served as its chairman and CEO. Halliburton called the claims in the suit, "untrue, unsupported, and unfounded." The company continued: "We are working diligently with the SEC to resolve its questions regarding the company's accounting procedures. Halliburton has always followed and will continue to follow guidelines established by the SEC and GAAP, General Accepted Accounting Principles."

[SierraWasp]

"Isn't there some kind of law against filing frivolous lawsuits...."

Yes there is... However, here in CA when a Bay Area Judge threw out the unteenth vexacious lawsuit by a militant suer, she sued the judge!!! Even "SLAP" suits are allowed from time to time by some liberal judges! It's a mess!!!

Environmental lowyers get attorney's fees just for filing a suit, win, lose, or Monty Hall!!!

[ProudAmerican2]

When I was scanning the wires, I noticed something interesting. When Judicial Watch went after the Clinton, they were called a "right-wing group". Now that JW is going after Cheney, they are now listed as a "public interest group". Sometimes, the media can't help but show its bias.

Simple explanation: Judicial Watch initially only sued Democrats. Now Judicial Watch is much more bipartisan.

[SierraWasp]

I went back and read Reply #5 and could NOT see anything that had the slightest whiff of DU! What were you calling the Hall Monitor for? Please don't be so cryptic and explain. Thanks. (that's right, ya gotta draw me a picture!)

[q_an_a]

In the Texas courts there is some hope. If you file a frivoulous lawsuit and lose you have to pay the legal fees of the other party. I'm not sure if this applies to Federal cases, but if it can apply, Larry K may have a big surprise if his 0-3,000 record continues.

[Wolfstar]

Why, you ask? There are plenty of forces that desperately want to bring this country down. Some might use airplanes as missiles. Others might use finance or the legal system as a weapon. And there are plenty of "fellow Americans," like Klayman, who wittingly or unwittingly fill the role of useful idiots in the deadly "cut the giant" game. A death by a thousand cuts from multiple directions is just as final as one from a single source.

[tejasslim]

Judicial Watch is a joke and always has been, but also Cheney is a crook and always has been.

[Catspaw]

Pretty slim pickin's. Despite all the boilerplate flash, it seems to be based on a New York Times article.

[Howlin]

Halliburton called the claims in the suit, "untrue, unsupported, and unfounded."

Wow, who would have EVER thought it, huh?

[TLBSHOW]

is Larry a fruitcake or what? Last year he sued too! July 17th, any word on that one? LOL

[Howlin]

ROFLMAO. This case WILL be dismissed.

Larry Klayman may very well rue the day he decided to take on Dick Cheney; Cheney IS a player; Klayman is a wannabe.

[Howlin]

It's not the media that changed the lead in for JW; it was Klayman himself.

[Howlin]

Larry Klayman has power envy. He's forever talking about "the elite."

[Howlin]

Larry hasn't won one, period.

[Howlin]

Now Judicial Watch is much more bipartisan.

Now, help me out here, doesn't "bipartisan" mean both sides equally?

Kindly point me to ANY cases that JW has filed against anybody except Republicans since Bush took office.

Even a press release will do.

One is left to assume that Klayman believes the Democrats do now wrong.

[Howlin]

Dick Cheney is one of the most honest men in this country.

[Howlin]

Larry's claims are based on a NYT's article? He hasn't done his OWN investigation?

[Dave S]

Well, I wasn't exactly expecting Halliburton to just confess, when confronted by the unstoppable legal powerhouse that is Larry Klayman.

I was expecting them to break out laughing after all, Klayman is a joke.

[Carolinamom]

Why am I not surprised that Larry is trying for the spotlight again? Gotta get those fund letters out for more money. I am a very proud NON-contributor......always wondered about the cost of those voluminous letters that kept coming and pleading for money. FINALLY, they stopped coming.

[BUSHdude2000]

Kindly point me to ANY cases that JW has filed against anybody except Republicans since Bush took office.

And which republicans did he file against while he was going after the Clinton's, lawsuit after lawsuit.