[Lnc-business] Motion for a mail ballot - increase budget for Kentucky litigation

[Alicia Mattson]

Marc,

What I understood from the EC call yesterday was that the attorney is
taking the case on a contingency basis, which means he won't get paid
attorney's fees unless we win a monetary award.  If we win damages, Nick's
comments come into play.

-Alicia


On Sat, Oct 25, 2014 at 11:00 AM, Marc Allan Feldman <marc at openivo.com>
wrote:

> Nick wrote "The cost to the LNC will be limited to actual costs of filing
> fees,
> depositions, expert testimony, transcription, etc."
> Does this mean that Chris Wiest is donating his time?  Or is the LNC
> also supporting hourly legal fees?
>
> On Sat, Oct 25, 2014 at 10:07 AM, Nicholas Sarwark <chair at lp.org> wrote:
> > All,
> >
> > After our injunction to put Libertarian Senate candidate David
> > Patterson in a debate being hosted by Kentucky Educational Television
> > was denied, our attorney Chris Wiest suggested amending our complaint
> > to keep moving forward on our First Amendment claims, along with equal
> > protection, due process, and monetary damage claims.
> >
> > The cost to the LNC will be limited to actual costs of filing fees,
> > depositions, expert testimony, transcription, etc.  The LP KY has
> > committed to supporting $2,000 of the continuation expenses, and has
> > previously supported $3,250 of the initial legal bill.
> >
> > At the Alexandria meeting, the LNC authorized $9,000 for the Kentucky
> > lawsuit.  Mr. Wiest has billed a total of $7,500 for the lawsuit to
> > this point, which is a final bill for that phase of the litigation.
> > Between support from LP KY and David Patterson's campaign, the total
> > outlay from the LNC has been $3,250, leaving $5,750 still in the
> > budget for this litigation.
> >
> > Actual costs are expected not to exceed $10,000, but that's still more
> > than the $5,750 left for this item.
> >
> > I am requesting that the LNC approve a budget increase for this
> > litigation to allow for the expected cost.  As before, I don't
> > anticipate all of the budgeted expense will be spent.  Also as before,
> > there will be targeted fundraising for this action.
> >
> > I am requesting that the following motion be submitted as a mail ballot:
> >
> > Increase the budget for the Kentucky litigation from $9,000 to $14,000.
> >
> >
> > -Nick
> >
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