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You're right that lawsuits don't always cost millions. However, they will cost at minimum tens of thousands of dollars. Filing fees are generally a few hundred
by jcranmer 5y ago
You're right that lawsuits don't always cost millions. However, they will cost at minimum tens of thousands of dollars. Filing fees are generally a few hundred dollars per document, and median lawyers' fees are somewhere around $300/hr, depending on jurisdiction. And--in the US--it is generally expected that you pay your lawyer's fees whether you won or lost.
The advice I have gotten from actual lawyers is that it's literally not worth it if you expect to get only a few thousand dollars.
- dheera 5y agoThis is why we need robot laywers that can Sue-as-a-Service for $5/hr. Just log into the website, type in who you want to sue, why you want to sue them, and it should take care of the rest. With enough proceedings from past cases it should be possible to train an algorithm to create the defense that is most likely to win.
- jcranmer 5y agoUnfortunately, that doesn't really work. While there's a lot of court documents that are going to be highly formulaic and could plausibly be written almost Mad Libs style, there are several court documents that are going to rely very heavily on the unique factual nature of the case. Responses and replies to motions are going to fall into that latter category almost universally.
- fabianhjr 5y agoWhat about just funding public prosecutors? (Or rather more funding for public prosecutors)