U.S. Says It May Not Need Apple’s Help to Unlock iPhone

Re:U.S. Says It May Not Need Apple’s Help to Unlock iPhone by jacquesm on Monday March 21, 2016 @09:20PM (#11333717)

I'm all for it. If you bring suit the other party should be allowed to cause you to have to continue if you feel like dropping it. There is some potential for abuse there though, this is not a simple matter.

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Re:U.S. Says It May Not Need Apple’s Help to Unlock iPhone by niels_olson on Monday March 21, 2016 @10:03PM (#11333909)

Agreed, in-so-far as any binary decision fails to capture all the nuances, there will be someone who exploits those nuances.

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Re:U.S. Says It May Not Need Apple’s Help to Unlock iPhone by Scea91 on Tuesday March 22, 2016 @06:08AM (#11335453)

What if you run out of money for lawyers and want to drop the suit because of that?

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Re:U.S. Says It May Not Need Apple’s Help to Unlock iPhone by newjersey on Tuesday March 22, 2016 @09:31AM (#11336389)

Counterpoint: if you want to sue everyone in the Unites States for pirating your porn, ask for $50 in settlement for dropping charges, and drop charges for anyone who shows up in court with legal representation, should the judge be sympathetic to you? Isn't a frivolous lawsuit a frivolous lawsuit anymore?

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Re:U.S. Says It May Not Need Apple’s Help to Unlock iPhone by simoncion on Tuesday March 22, 2016 @04:01PM (#11339544)

In addition to the counterpoint that newjersey brings up, we could also restrict this power to cases where the plaintiff is the government (local, state, or federal).

While nuisance suits from private actors can totally be ruinous, the potential for harm from government actors is so much greater.

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