The primary issue wasn't the monetary requirement, it was the other riders on how the data was to be collected and provided to the DoJ. They would have had to t

The primary issue wasn't the monetary requirement, it was the other riders on how the data was to be collected and provided to the DoJ. They would have had to trust that they were getting the data they'd requested, and that Levison wasn't altering it or excluding some of it. I apologize for not being clear in my earlier comment: if he'd just asked for the monetary compensation, I expect he would have gotten it.