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Re:Uber gets sued over alleged ‘Hell’ program to track Lyft ... by thaumasiotes on Monday April 24, 2017 @07:40PM (#14189479)
It makes the world better by not attempting to draw a legal distinction based on somebody's internal motives.

In this particular case, it makes the world better by recognizing that "prohibiting competition" is not a worthwhile goal for the state to promote. We recently had another spurt of articles praising California's policy of not enforcing noncompetes as to employees. Why are noncompetes for customers a better idea?

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Re:Uber gets sued over alleged ‘Hell’ program to track Lyft ... by zzalpha on Monday April 24, 2017 @07:49PM (#14189550)
It makes the world better by not attempting to draw a legal distinction based on somebody's internal motives.

That's called mens rea and it's how, for example, various types of murder and accidental death are distinguished. It's kind of a core element of western jurisprudence...

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