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The class action lawsuit would be brought based on the fact that Apple sold the device on a lie. The government can't grant immunity for that.
by gareim 13y ago
The class action lawsuit would be brought based on the fact that Apple sold the device on a lie. The government can't grant immunity for that.
- hershel 13y agoThis can always be the job by someone in the company cooperating with NSA , without apple knowing. And i think government can grant immunity to lies. Hasn't many people lied to congress/citizens in the recent weeks ?
- PeterisP 13y ago"The government can't grant immunity for that." ... come on. I don't recall the exact wording of that law, IMHO it already covers such argument, but if not, it just needs a single sentence amendment. Government certainly can grant immunity against pretty much any civil claims. They also can pass a law stating "Any and all contracts between Apple and 'gareim' shall be considered null and void.", though they probably won't do that - but adding an exception to the laws regulating advertising truthfulness is trivial. In fact, they could simply revoke those laws and then noone could bring any class actions for 'being sold a product on a lie'; class actions as such were only made possible by specific regulations and congress could eliminate the whole concept of class action suits if they wished to.