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Re:Notice of termination of Twitter merger agreement by Iv on Saturday July 09, 2022 @05:05AM (#32033249)
Japan is similar. I keep marveling at the stories about the US system and wonder how it is supposed to be considered friendly for businesses...
Re:Notice of termination of Twitter merger agreement by xwdv on Saturday July 09, 2022 @06:06AM (#32033535)
Does the example not make it obvious? Imagine your business doesn’t want to pay a bill from some douchebag business you hate.
Re:Notice of termination of Twitter merger agreement by Archelaos on Saturday July 09, 2022 @07:03AM (#32033851)
I think the parent means that a system in which anyone can delay the payment of otherwise legitimate financial claims through an extremely protracted legal process is generally not very business-friendly. Of course, it is friendly to businesses that do not want to pay their liabilities, but on the cost of all the others. What good is a legal system if a company cannot enforce its rights in practice?
Re:Notice of termination of Twitter merger agreement by mkr-hn on Saturday July 09, 2022 @08:41AM (#32034518)
The same way any human system works: people mostly want to do the right thing, so they do.
Re:Notice of termination of Twitter merger agreement by simonh on Saturday July 09, 2022 @07:32AM (#32034023)
It’s not a case of a simple disagreement though. In this situation there’s a court order requiring you to pay the bill. Not wanting to doesn’t cut it.
Re:Notice of termination of Twitter merger agreement by lazide on Saturday July 09, 2022 @05:19PM (#32039415)
You’d be amazed how long someone can go in open defiance of a court order before something concrete actually happens.

It usually requires going back to court for the concrete thing to actually happen too; and it’s rarely all that catastrophic.

Judges are surprisingly willing to give folks more rope to hang themselves with later.