Or the legal team has advised them that the legality is unclear and management has decided the easiest way to resolve murky law is to see the other side in cour

Or the legal team has advised them that the legality is unclear and management has decided the easiest way to resolve murky law is to see the other side in court. There's a lot of law like that, and Google has the war chest to ask the question when merely that act alone could bankrupt smaller companies.