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From the article: “Michaels said the information was withheld pending a determination on whether it is covered by a confidentiality agreement. It is possible t
by rlanday 10y ago
From the article:
“Michaels said the information was withheld pending a determination on whether it is covered by a confidentiality agreement. It is possible that that portion of the complaint — which appears to contain a detailed account of Pompliano’s brief tenure at Snapchat — could become public.”
- randycupertino 10y ago" It is possible that that portion of the complaint — which appears to contain a detailed account of Pompliano’s brief tenure at Snapchat — could become public.” Sounds like a thinly veiled threat to strongarm Snapchat into a quick $ettlement.
- madgar 10y agoA threat by whom? The American legal system? The sentence before the one you quoted explained the straightforward legal process by which unredaction may be authorized. A judge decides if this is officially released. Not the plaintiff.
- smileysteve 10y agoIt doesn't make it to the judge if it settles quickly.
- madgar 10y agoI guess by that definition, literally all legal processes in US civil court are "thinly veiled threats". Which might be a fair perspective, but I think OP should point that perspective out ahead of time in the future. Maybe by instead writing something like this: "Like every engagement with the legal system, this sounds like a thinly veiled threat..." Being explicit makes clear that one thinks that it isn't anything specific to the case that makes it a threat - it's just the fact that the legal system has been invoked.