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[R. G. Newbury]

David Brodbeck wrote:
> On Sep 12, 2007, at 8:10 AM, R. G. Newbury wrote:
>> If the loser pays, the people will not bring frivoulous lawsuits.
> 
> Right, I understand that that's the goal.  My fear is that it would  
> also discourage people from bringing non-frivolous ones against  
> powerful corporations, for fear they'd be hit with a whopping legal  
> bill -- not just from their own attorney, but from the dozens of  
> attorneys on the corporation's staff -- should they happen to lose.
> 

And on the other side of the equation, the corporation can get hit with 
a swiving bill when the day of reckoning comes against a party who they 
thought they could intimidate with paper but could not. Or the 
corporation so overplayed their position that there was no chance BUT to 
fight. See RIAA v Tanya Andersen for example. Even a cornered hamster 
can deliver a mean bite.

Most costs regimes do not allow for unlimited time to be thrown at a 
case by a party.

G





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