Previously, (see J Mark Brewer Does The Texas Two Step Cease and Desist) a reader nicely summarized what happened:
Dave Walker, a cartoonist in England, was blogging about the demise of the SPCK bookstores after they were acquired by SSG, a charitable organization (technically speaking) set up by Houston, Texas attorney J Mark Brewer [of Brewer and Pritchard, bplaw.com]. Dave, who opined about management, was trying to get people to pay attention. Mark Brewer didn't like what Dave was saying and sent him a threatening cease and desist letter. Dave complied and removed about 75 blog postings from his web site. This provoked an immediate reaction because Dave had not said anything that was libelous or slanderous.
It seemed but minutes before vicars, bishops and ordinary bloggers were jumping to Dave's defense. Atheists, Evangelical Christians, Conservative and Liberal Anglicans, Catholics, Southern Baptists and people of no known religious persuasion were jumping to Dave's defense. Because some people had copies of Dave's posts, as did the Google cache machines, those 75 blog postings were reposted on several web sites. They will become increasing visible to Internet users when Google completely indexes them. The are indelible.
NOW, Matt Wardman writes on his blog posting, US Court Motion for Sanctions against Mark Brewer: Is the dam breaking at last? that "This could be the biggest development of the last 6 months towards moving this mess towards a resolution." From his posting we learn that . . .
Randy W Williams, the Trustee in Bankruptcy for the Application for the Bankruptcy of the Society of Saint Stephen the Great by J. Mark Brewer and Brewer and Pritchard PC, filed a motion requesting sanctions against both J Mark Brewer and his law company on September 4th 2008, following on from the dismissal with prejudice of the application.
What is in the Motion?
Essentially, the kitchen sink. Among other things, the motion:
- Requests that the Court enter sanctions against J. Mark Brewer and the law firm of Brewer & Pritchard, P.C. for filing this case in bad faith.
- Accuses Mr Brewer of incomplete disclosure of information to the case conference, including failure to identify a bank account while handling large sums (100s of thousands of dollars) of money.
- States that there was failure to disclose the existence of the ENC SHOP MANAGEMENT CO. entity.
- States that Mr Brewer and Brewer and Pritchard have perpetrated a “fraud on the court”:
There is more and some good commentary. So read US Court Motion for Sanctions against Mark Brewer: Is the dam breaking at last?
My name is Dan Porter. I have always believed in God. And I have always been a Christian, which means I have always believed, at some level of understanding, Christian assertions about Christ. But during all of my adult life—I am now 65—I have struggled with many seeds of doubt brought on by modern science, objective history, the question of why a loving God would allow so much suffering in the world and difficulties with seemingly conflicting moral precepts. 
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