I see it the other way around. Collusion in hiring and wage fixing is illegal, and it is considered serious. It can be considered a crime. It is difficult to

I see it the other way around. Collusion in hiring and wage fixing is illegal, and it is considered serious. It can be considered a crime. It is difficult to establish the exact damages in a situation like this. This is one of those things we have made illegal because we understand it is very harmful, but it's difficult to determine just how harmful. And yes, it is important to provide evidence of harm. But here's where I start to deeply disagree with you. This isn't a situation where two parties were both operating in presumably good faith, and some damages occurred, and we're trying to figure out who should foot the bill for what damage. This is a situation where one party behaved highly illegally, and based on the emails, there's really no question it was ugly. So ok, I'm not going to let plaintiffs pick a number out of thin air, there needs to be some justification. But I'd say at this point that the burden should be more on the defense. Why shouldn't we say billions at this point? I also probably disagree with you deeply on how harmful this sort of thing is.