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Re:Apple takes legal action against small company with pear ... by bawolff on Saturday August 08, 2020 @05:08PM (#24095222)
There is a difference between criminal law and civil law

If the state wants to throw you in jail, you get a free lawyer.

If some random person alleges you harmed them snd they want you to stop and reimburse them for the harm you caused them, you pay for a lawyer

Ianal

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Re:Apple takes legal action against small company with pear ... by f2000 on Saturday August 08, 2020 @06:06PM (#24095626)
re: "free lawyer" - many times you get what you paid for. Hence people with incompetent representation (purposefully or otherwise) ending up with bad plea deals and/or lengthy sentences.
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