The "without prejudice" is phony storytelling. It sounds like they got a legal threat letter and ignored it. Also, if this lawyer was good enough to get $5k fo

The "without prejudice" is phony storytelling. It sounds like they got a legal threat letter and ignored it. Also, if this lawyer was good enough to get $5k for nothing, maybe they should kept him on. Or paid him a fair wage or equity for his work.