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Is that really the way it is? No way for law to prevail, the one with more money always wins? What about individuals (!) winning cases against huge corporations

• g_sch 4y ago
  It comes up in the news precisely because it's such an unusual occurrence. Lawfare by attrition is an extremely common tactic. Having more resources than your opponent can massively tilt the scales in your favor.
• dhosek 4y ago
  The most money winning (and using lawsuits to stifle criticism) is very much a part of how society works these days (and arguably always has). See, for example, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strategic_lawsuit_against_public_participation https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strategic_lawsuit_against_publ... Money might not buy happiness but it buys an awful lot of power.
  • throwaway290 4y ago
    SLAPPs are bad, but Google any company + settled or lost lawsuits. For example, here're some I could find on McDonalds: https://www.cnbc.com/2021/12/16/mcdonalds-settles-discrimination-lawsuit-with-herb-washington.html https://www.cnbc.com/2021/12/16/mcdonalds-settles-discrimina... https://www.restaurantbusinessonline.com/operations/mcdonalds-settles-one-its-discrimination-lawsuits https://www.restaurantbusinessonline.com/operations/mcdonald... https://www.aclu.org/press-releases/former-mcdonalds-workers-win-15-million-class-action-sexual-harassment-lawsuit https://www.aclu.org/press-releases/former-mcdonalds-workers... The oldest of these is from end of last year. Edit: tone down phrasing
• aliswe 4y ago
  Did you watch the "Bananas!" documentary, and its documentary aftermath documentary "Big boys gone bananas!" ? It's real good, and a good example of big corporations sometimes backing off, however unwillingly.