Court Reporting Board of Arizona Proposes to Cut Ethics From Code

[Lisa Migliore Black]

http://blog.courtreportersaz.com/2013/09/16/court-reporting-board-o...

[Lisa O'Sullivan]

Sharon, you said:

"If DOJ rules these anti-contracting psuedo laws/opinions are unconstitutional and NCRA overstepped their bounds in restraining reporters from taking work from these agencies, reporters may have a monetary cause of action against LB, personally and professionally in her capacity w/NCRA, the NCRA and its board for lost profits in their restraining them from procurement of business unconstitutionally."

Exactly. That's what I meant by suggesting she give it a rest, and that's what T.S. (I believe) meant by no, let her keep going.

In my understanding, the previous DOJ opinion cleared NCRA's anticontracting efforts as long as those efforts didn't involve coercion. Yet there are multiple instances online over the past few years where LMB has VERY ARGUABLY employed coercive tactics. One example is that she used to publicly call reporters "prostitutes" who worked for nationals; another instance is that she repeatedly encouraged what she called "positive peer pressure" at the DRA convention in Anaheim in 2011. There are many others.

[Sharon Smith]

Wow!! Eeek!!  Can't take back what you put on the Internet - it stays there, folks. :)

[T. S. HUBBARD JR]

Anybody interested in collecting all the dribble spouted by LMB here on CSRNation, LinkedIn, Facebook, where she has pontificated on behalf of the NCRA either directly or indirectly? If so, I believe it would be real easy. Simply using screen capture programs to then copy paste to a general repository to hand over to a lawyer when an action is going to be brought to include the NCRA as a defendant for their audacity to dictate business conduct by its members. That lawsuit is still coming. You will not have to wait long. By the way, LMB's attorney who well represents her is her husband who lives in another state. I am sure he is overjoyed by the prospect that he will have to represent her for zero money while his real clients walk out of his office to hire another lawyer.

[Lisa O'Sullivan]

Standing ovation.

[Lisa Migliore Black]

Speaking of lawsuits, I read one of your posts on Linked-In referencing threatened suit against you for defamation.  Care to expand on that, Steve?

[Lisa O'Sullivan]

And right on schedule, here comes the attempt at deflection . . .

[Sharon Smith]

Well, I'm not going to crawl down in that ditch she's in to converse with LB - she's a young reporter and will learn as she goes along.  If she's supposed to be an NCRA rep, she's really showing NCRA in a really bad light - wonder if they're aware of that?  Everyone has an opinion and usually acts upon it - similarly everyone has an a***sshole and some folks act like one.  Some folks just enjoy arguing. With her husband in another State, she probably has plenty of spare time to engage in it and seems she enjoys it - so have fun! :)

[Lisa Migliore Black]

I'm not an NCRA "rep," nor do I speak on behalf of NCRA.  Steve knows better, but perpetuating the misinformation seems to please him.

The rest of the personal jabs aren't worthy of a reply. 

[Lisa O'Sullivan]

As an NCRA "rep" is exactly how you conduct yourself and have done increasingly for the past few years.

And NCRA has not only not disavowed that relationship, it has welcomed you into multiple committees with open arms.

Seems like a pretty tight association to me.

[Lisa Migliore Black]

Your assumption is based on misinformation, Lisa.  I also volunteer for KYCRA and OCRA and occasionally other organizations, and I don't see anybody confusing my personal opinions, actions, and general advocacy on a number of subjects with those entities.

I am a volunteer and a member of many organizations AND an individual.  For those that have difficulty in grasping the fact that I can wear many hats, I'll make it very clear:  If and when I presume to speak/have spoken on behalf of anyone other than myself in the future/in the past, it will be/has been clearly delineated in the content of my posts.

[Lisa O'Sullivan]

Argue all you want. The fact remains that the association is there in the minds of many, not just TS and Bill and me.

[Sharon Smith]

"If and when I presume to speak/have spoken on behalf of anyone other than myself in the future/in the past, it will be/has been clearly delineated in the content of my posts."

LB - this is a great idea, given that your posts seem to intermingle your personal opinion and/as the opinions of NCRA and that most of what you have done is simply cut & paste info from NCRA website that we've all viewed time and time again over the years & very familiar with already - with the exception of a post on 9/28 wherein you appear to have plagiarized from NCRA website (again, just copied and pasted their langage), making the "A" appear to be your language. Although, I have unchecked this thread & stopped 'following' it so I won't get the new post emails from it, as it's gotten to more argumentative than informative, in the future it might clear up any confusion whether you are simply espousing your opinion versus promulgating for NCRA for future readers. The NCRA already has a Complaint filed against it with US DOJ - I would think they are being more careful what they promulgate and post on the Internet until the DOJ rules.

Also, as to your quoting & publishing in your posts the 'unethical' (your opinion) policies & 10% discounts, etc. of these agencies, unless you have absolute first-hand knowledge of their policies and procedures, I might see if I could delete that, to keep Magna (the Big Five, as they are called) from coming after you personally for publically posting false info about their companies & policies.  Always better to be safe than sorry, my dear.