I honestly believe they are that stupid and yes, funded his suit with their legal funds. If they consulted their lawyers on the worthiness of his case, it was probably to a female lawyer who 'reasoned' with her emotions and allowed it through.
But I doubt they even asked their lawyer anyway. It's the Grievance Committee who grants the loan. And who was on the committee? Cat Rambo, someone who hates us and felt personally injured by the trolls. Oh.. she has a grievance alright. So of course the case would be greenlit.
Griefcom is here to help. Maybe your publisher isn’t paying you royalties, or you have parted ways and now you can’t get a letter of rights reversion.
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They no doubt decided the case had merit because it satisfied qualification #3:
"To fund or contribute to the funding of court actions brought by others in issues which are of importance to SFWA’s members and the business of writing and which may help to raise SFWA’s profile as a pro-active writers’ organization."
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The beauty of their stupidity is that we could ostensibly get their charity status taken from them for this violation lol.
