Former Tesla engineer sues for defamation

Re:Former Tesla engineer sues for defamation by bambax on Wednesday December 09, 2020 @05:39PM (#25366311)

At the risk of attracting more downvotes, I persist. The problem with corporate malfeasance and bullying, of which Elon Musk seems to be a specialist, is that people are afraid to retaliate.

We shouldn't be afraid.

I personally sued big corporations, as an individual, two times, and won. Granted, this was in Europe, not the US, but the warnings and hand-waving of people telling me one should never do that were similar.

If you care enough about the issue, and don't care much about the risks, which are usually wildly exaggerated, the odds are actually in your favor.

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Re:Former Tesla engineer sues for defamation by frereubu on Thursday December 10, 2020 @05:26AM (#25372093)

The point here was specifically about secretly recording converations in a jurisdiction where that is illegal. If you'd tried to use recordings like that in your two suits against big coporations, they would have been thrown out by the judge and you would have put yourself at risk of criminal prosecution into the bargain.

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