Disbarment
Jack Thompson, the Florida lawyer noted for his activism against video games, rap music, and Howard Stern was permanently disbarred for various charges of misconduct. The action was the result of several grievances claiming that Thompson had made defamatory, false statements and attempted to humiliate, embarrass, harass or intimidate his opponents. The order was made on September 25, 2008, effective October 25. However, Thompson attempted to appeal to the higher courts in order to avoid the penalty actually taking effect. Neither the US District court, nor the US Supreme Court would hear his appeal, rendering the judgment of the Florida Supreme Court final.
George Henry Thompson
When the Boomerang ceased publication in 1891 Thompson found part-time work with the Brisbane Government Printing Office until in the early 1890s he moved over to "The Worker", a newspaper with ties to the Labour Party. Blacklisted from being employed by the conservative Queensland Government in 1902, the ban was eventually lifted in 1904 and Thompson once again began work there. During Brisbane's 1912 general strike, he was one of two government employees who were refused re-employment when the strike came to its end and found work with "The Daily Standard", another newspaper with ties to Labour. While there he worked his way up to overseer of the compositing room before a disagreement with the editor-manager saw him demoted to the reading room and as a result, retiring.