Individual cost-benefit analysis. Gaining a reputation as someone with a temper, creating chilling effects in your business associations. And potentially kill

Individual cost-benefit analysis. Gaining a reputation as someone with a temper, creating chilling effects in your business associations. And potentially killing the company over a lawsuit. A quarter million isn't spare change to a medium sized company like techcrunch and lawsuits loooove to inflate. As my business law prof said, start with the end in mind, and if they don't have deep pockets, there isn't much benefit to suing. Plus with the iPad and the inevitable torrent me-toos from everybody else, the crunchpad wasn't going to get much.