Northwest coin club meeting (Minneapolis, MN) Thursday, my lawyer will be speaking on the HPA

Tomthecoinguy

My lawyer will be in Minneapolis, MN for the final settlement hearing in my HPA case on this Thursday, June 11th. As luck would have it, it is the same day as our monthly coin club meeting. My lawyer has agreed to be the speaker for this month's meeting. Anyone in Minneapolis on June 11th, is welcome to attend. I thought I would share this with the board, since there was such a lively discussion on my case, in a previous thread.

Here is our club website: http://northwestcoinclub.com/About.html

When:

Meetings are held on the 2nd Thursday of each month, this month June 11th.

6:30pm to 7:00pm Social / trading
7:00pm to 7:30pm Business meeting
7:30pm to 9:00pm Presentation
Closing Time for the Center is 9pm


Where:

Kenwood Park Center
2101 Franklin Avenue West
Minneapolis, MN 55405


Here is the description of the talk from our club's newsletter.

Our guest speaker will be Stephen P. DeNittis and his presentation is titled “The Hobby Protection Act: What Consumers and Collectors Should Know.” Mr. DeNittis, is an experienced class action and catastrophic personal injury litigator, Mr. DeNittis has recovered over $80 million dollars for victims of severe injury or corporate fraud in federal and state courts across the country. Mr. DeNittis is admitted to practice in New Jersey, Pennsylvania and before the United States Supreme Court and many other federal courts. Mr. DeNittis was the lead attorney for the first Hobby Protection Act case, Demarco v. National Collector’s mint. He reached a settlement valued at $9 million dollars on behalf of a class of 176,000 class members who were defrauded into purchasing a fake coin allegedly issued by the U.S. Mint to commemorate the 9/11 Terrorist Attack.

Mr. DeNittis is also lead council in the most recent Hobby Protection Act case, xxxxx vs Westminster Mint. The case was recently settled, and Mr. DeNittis will be speaking to us just hours after the final settlement hearing in that case. Come hear a fascinating presentation from the most experienced Hobby Protection Act attorney in the country.

Lakesammman

Wow - and to imagine he's doing all that good stuff pro bono.

BG

Congrat's. Hope all goes well.

TwoSides2aCoin

Minnesota ….
Isn't that the place where selling a Susan B. Anthony dollar could be construed as pimping.

ricko

Will you be posting any special points he may make (for those of us half a continent away)? Cheers, RickO

Tomthecoinguy

<< <i>Will you be posting any special points he may make (for those of us half a continent away)? Cheers, RickO >>



I plan to post a little summary as I figure 99% of board members will not be able to make the meeting. I also plan to go to the final settlement hearing at 4:00 PM tomorrow at the Federal court house in Minneapolis. I don't expect much of note there, but I will report on that as well.

Tomthecoinguy

Just wanted to remind people it is tonight.

JohnHarper

I attended the meeting of the Northwest Coin Club tonight. While attendance sometimes drops off during the summer, this month attendance was normal. I don't believe anyone from the CU Forum showed up who is not a regular club member.

It was a good presentation for an audience who is familiar and interested in the Hobby Protection Act. Success in this case, and one previous case, may lead to other suits being brought for similar items made to look like US coins but are not.

LanceNewmanOCC

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was the talk recorded to watch/share?
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JohnHarper

No, the talk was not recorded.

Tomthecoinguy

I have written up a summary on meeting, so I can keep all the comments on the case in the same place, I am going to put my summary in the original thread talking about the case, so check that out.

http://forums.collectors.com/messageview.cfm?catid=26&threadid=924970