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Very interesting concept. This happens with lawsuits. If you have enough money/assets to be an attractive target for a lawsuit, but you don’t have enough to pay
by ta1234567890 5y ago
Very interesting concept. This happens with lawsuits. If you have enough money/assets to be an attractive target for a lawsuit, but you don’t have enough to pay to defend the lawsuit, you are also “unprotected prey”.
An example: in SF/LA (California), a decent civil litigator will cost about $400+/hr. And a lawsuit will run for 1-3 years. When you add all the legal costs up, it turns out that just to defend yourself, you’ll need to spend about $100-$200k. So, unless you have quite a bit of money, you’ll have to either default or settle in maybe not very favorable terms. Either way, you might end up bankrupt, in debt for a long time, or just with no savings at all.