Cease and Desist Part 2

This is where I tear apart the letter line by line:

The cover email contained a statement that this letter was "Privileged and Confidential". Mr Cerillo, I am not your client and I am not required to keep this letter confidential. Isn't any letter involved in litigation a matter of public record? Of course I have posted this on my blog, but you knew I was going to do that. Isn't such a posting is considered fair use?
Your letter makes such outrageous allegations and unfounded lies that I wonder why you didn't simply tell your client to ignore my blog and let the whole thing quietly lose steam and die. I am amazed how how much affect I have on LIFT, even though I am long gone.

"This law firm represents PT Lombok Institute of Flight Technology (LIFT, Indonesia) and Mr. Edmund Fung. It has been brought to our attention that you are engaged in an ongoing effort to defame and libel our client and current and past employees and affiliates of PT Lombok Institute of Flight Technology through the intentional distribution of false, damaging information as well as confidential information."

The information might be damaging, but it's not false and certainly not confidential. I am within my rights to report workplace misconduct. In the case of life endangerment, I would be negligent if I didn't report it.

"Specifically, and without limitation, we note that defamatory and sensitive confidential information has been posted and distributed worldwide through the establishment and operation of online blogs and websites listed on the attachment, and via other means including email, twitter and other digital media."

No, only on this blog. But that's a really good idea. I am going to look into posting stuff in other places.

"In addition, on the blog, you are distributing without consent copies of confidential emails and other proprietary materials including videos in violation of the privacy, copyright and other property rights of our clients and of others."

No, I'm not. The emails were either directed to me, sent by me, or cc'd to me. In fact, emails sent to me by Mr Fung are NOT confidential (as he himself informed me during my discussion with him about my medical records) and the videos are available on YouTube. Are you going to threaten them also?

"It is patently evident that these actions are taken to cause economic harm and professional embarrassment. You (and any third parties acting in concert with you) will be held personally responsible for the damage caused by these actions, and we have archived evidence of these activities."

My intent is to get LIFT to get their act together, and if they can't, to warn others so they can make an informed decision about attending classes or working there. All the information I have posted so far is from my direct experience or what I hear from the students. Are you seriously going after the students for telling me what is going on? What will that do to the reputation of LIFT? The best way for Edmond to avoid professional embarrassment is to stop being professionally embarrassing. He could engender a culture of safety, to start. Instead, he verbally abuses his staff, the instructors, and the students, demanding they continue flying during bad weather and squelching any advice, common sense, or protest. Now he is trying to silence me. Good luck with that.

The bottom line is, I am in the right. Edmond has a lot more money than I do and can afford a big lawsuit. Is this really what he wants to spend his money on? Not to mention all the stuff that will come out in discovery. My blog is just the tip of the iceberg. Better to fix up his own house than to blame someone else for his problems. And Edmond, whatever happened to that mediation clause in the contract? Is this how you are really going to handle things? I guess a contract with you in not worth the paper it's printed on.

On the brighter side, I am encouraged by all the new activity on my blog. I was losing interest in it and things were dying down, but now I shall have to add more stuff to it.