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I am neither a lawyer nor a US citizen, but I think the ruling was not on "whether or not discrimination took place", but rather on "if such discrimination had
by NougatRillettes 8y ago
I am neither a lawyer nor a US citizen, but I think the ruling was not on "whether or not discrimination took place", but rather on "if such discrimination had taken place, would the 1st Amendment of the constitution have allowed it as 'editorial freedom'".
- Gibbon1 8y agoI didn't read the article, but that's usually how things work. Also a lawyer I know that does patent stuff says law firms will file motions they know have no hope of success because it's free money.
- dvtrn 8y agoAlso a lawyer I know that does patent stuff says law firms will file motions they know have no hope of success because it's free money IANAL but I'd imagine bar associations would have a lot of issues with this, wouldn't they?
- Gibbon1 8y agoYou have to up and up hard bilk your clients or do something illegal to get the bar pissed at you. Sometimes it's not the lawyers but the clients with deep pockets. My friend spent ten years litigating one case over MOSFET patents for an unhinged client. And they lost 95% of the time against another well funded company.
- projektfu 8y agoMore like it's a lot easier to argue at the beginning that the plaintiff has no standing to sue than it is to go through a whole discovery process and trial to hope for a judgement in your favor. Let alone the risks of the discovery process itself.