> Silly is actually too nice a word for such extortion scheme. As you see if rich enough/business big enough, it could be easily circumvented. Maybe it could h

> Silly is actually too nice a word for such extortion scheme. As you see if rich enough/business big enough, it could be easily circumvented. Maybe it could have been easily circumvented, but it wasn't circumvented in this case. It obstructed direct inheritance, thus, worked as intended for the rich.