This is a "demand letter". A demand letter must set time limits. Without a time limit, as long as SE does not respond to this communication, you cannot say they have rejected the demands.
One of the difficulties with a demand letter is that the respondent can later attempt to claim that you said you would be satisfied with the demands in the letter. This can prevent you from asking for more. In order to counter this, you need to show that the letter was rejected.
In this case, you have demanded a retraction and a publication of the retraction. You have not demanded monetary compensation for current or future damages to your career. Should you eventually ask a court to order such compensation, SE could argue that it should merely satisfy the demands in this letter, which would still be on offer. You would be in the position of filing a lawsuit while in the midst of negotiations, which shows bad faith and vexatious litigation.
You must resubmit these demands to SE, but with a reasonable time limit -- say, "30 days from receipt of this letter" -- instead of the accommodating "in the very near future". Then send it via registered mail to SE corporate offices. (The 30 days would start from the date of the SE agent signature on the receipt.)
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Date: 2019-10-26 02:28 am (UTC)One of the difficulties with a demand letter is that the respondent can later attempt to claim that you said you would be satisfied with the demands in the letter. This can prevent you from asking for more. In order to counter this, you need to show that the letter was rejected.
In this case, you have demanded a retraction and a publication of the retraction. You have not demanded monetary compensation for current or future damages to your career. Should you eventually ask a court to order such compensation, SE could argue that it should merely satisfy the demands in this letter, which would still be on offer. You would be in the position of filing a lawsuit while in the midst of negotiations, which shows bad faith and vexatious litigation.
You must resubmit these demands to SE, but with a reasonable time limit -- say, "30 days from receipt of this letter" -- instead of the accommodating "in the very near future". Then send it via registered mail to SE corporate offices. (The 30 days would start from the date of the SE agent signature on the receipt.)