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Mike Lindell officially loses all his lawyers in $5M 'Prove Mike Wrong' cyber challenge

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Mike Lindell officially loses all his lawyers in $5M 'Prove Mike Wrong' cyber challenge

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MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell has been officially notified that he no longer has legal representation in a case in which he was ordered to pay over $5 million for a security contest related to the 2020 presidential election.Engineer Robert Zeidman entered the "Prove Mike Wrong" challenge and proved that...

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It was unclear if Lindell would retain new counsel in the case. As Foster pointed out, business entities cannot represent themselves in court.

lol not even if he wanted to (which would be very entertaining to watch, sadly)
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  I thought that to be interesting, never heard that before. Wonder what the reasoning is?
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    If it’s incorporated (not a sole proprietorship or a partnership), the business is a legal entity just as a person, so the company would have to represent itself, but it’s not a real physical entity, so it can’t.
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      Removed by mod
    - @[email protected]
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      Just stuff a bunch of his pillows into a suit and call it a day. I mean how bad can M. Pillow, esquire, do?
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      All the benefits without any of the responsibility. Shareholders should be held responsible.

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