4 ms·

Ah yes, because there is a legal document disclaiming any liability, no one would be reasonable when inferring any. Also, lol at the underqualified jury commen

Ah yes, because there is a legal document disclaiming any liability, no one would be reasonable when inferring any. Also, lol at the underqualified jury comment. It's a bit telling on your part. Juries are inherently underqualified? No, sounds like a corporation that doesn't want to face the extreme financial risk that occurs when they face judgment for their conduct.

lotsofpulp 2y ago
See this thread: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42601569 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42601569 Specifically this subthread: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42612782 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42612782 Of course, all those comments could be fake, as could mine, but if you have any experience with the courts in the US, then you know going to trial means a lot of uncertainty.
- drawkward 2y ago
  In the context of this discussion, i suspect a good lawyer could say: look at the correlation between avian influenza and the price increases... Unless there were evidence that would come out in discovery that in fact there was price gouging going on.
  - lotsofpulp 2y ago
    I would hope even a bad lawyer (or a non lawyer such as a random HN commenter) could make the case that, absent evidence of illegal behavior, one should assume prices change due to shifting supply and demand curves.
    - drawkward 2y ago
      My evidence is the settlement. A settlement is not evidence of absence. On the contrary, a settlement suggests just the opposite.
- freejazz 2y ago
  >Of course, all those comments could be fake, as could mine, but if you have any experience with the courts in the US, then you know going to trial means a lot of uncertainty. I'm an attorney, I stand by exactly what I said. You pointing out there is uncertainty doesn't change my point at all. The majority of the uncertainty is the extent of the risk faced by the corp for its bad deeds. Don't be too obtuse.
neuroelectron 2y ago
These companies were accused and of conspiring to limit egg supply, artificially inflate prices by reduce chicken numbers through strategies like reducing cage space. They forced their farmers to engage in strategies like culling productive hens early and encouraging "early molting" to reduce egg-laying.

lotsofpulp 2y ago

See this thread: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42601569 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42601569 Specifically this subthread: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42612782 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42612782 Of course, all those comments could be fake, as could mine, but if you have any experience with the courts in the US, then you know going to trial means a lot of uncertainty.

drawkward 2y ago
In the context of this discussion, i suspect a good lawyer could say: look at the correlation between avian influenza and the price increases... Unless there were evidence that would come out in discovery that in fact there was price gouging going on.
- lotsofpulp 2y ago
  I would hope even a bad lawyer (or a non lawyer such as a random HN commenter) could make the case that, absent evidence of illegal behavior, one should assume prices change due to shifting supply and demand curves.
  - drawkward 2y ago
    My evidence is the settlement. A settlement is not evidence of absence. On the contrary, a settlement suggests just the opposite.
freejazz 2y ago
>Of course, all those comments could be fake, as could mine, but if you have any experience with the courts in the US, then you know going to trial means a lot of uncertainty. I'm an attorney, I stand by exactly what I said. You pointing out there is uncertainty doesn't change my point at all. The majority of the uncertainty is the extent of the risk faced by the corp for its bad deeds. Don't be too obtuse.

neuroelectron 2y ago

These companies were accused and of conspiring to limit egg supply, artificially inflate prices by reduce chicken numbers through strategies like reducing cage space. They forced their farmers to engage in strategies like culling productive hens early and encouraging "early molting" to reduce egg-laying.