I criticized Amazon’s policies in a blog. Their lawyers are trying to ruin me

Re:I criticized Amazon’s policies in a blog. Their lawyers a... by ganoushoreilly on Tuesday May 30, 2023 @02:52PM (#36128943)

I'm not a lawyer, but i've been an expert witness in a few cases. Usually if you're coming back it's because they felt something was left out or they found new information elsewhere and want to ask questions around it. Usually though a second run is all about breaking you down as a witness.

I've had one time where I was called back in, it was related to new discovery that had been provided related to a security breach. It was from a third party and I had not been privy to the documents up to that point. Ultimately they had little or no bearing on the case but I did have to state I have no knowledge for a bunch of questions asked.

I think for OPs case, they're trying to find more gotchas. I would request through a lawyer to limit scope and or mitigate being harassed.

Who knows though, the amount of screwy games that lawyers play blew my mind.. until i remembered they bill hourly.

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Re:I criticized Amazon’s policies in a blog. Their lawyers a... by singleshot_ on Wednesday May 31, 2023 @05:49PM (#36144821)

Your comment about billing hourly is extremely well taken. You’re not wrong to conclude that the billing model can contribute to overactive lawyering.

We are also trying to win (within reason) and we are often trying not to get sued or disbarred. (I guess I can’t speak for all of us, but…)

Sometimes the bills suck because of the billing model. Often the bills suck for a combination of those other reasons.

I also have noticed no one tends to shop around for the absolute least expensive lawyer for some reason. I’ll have to think more about that one…

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Re:I criticized Amazon’s policies in a blog. Their lawyers a... by ganoushoreilly on Thursday June 01, 2023 @01:45PM (#36154698)

I was probably over broad in my comment. Most of the lawyers I work with are actually reasonable and trying to solve the issue as you're implying. It's generally the larger cases / boutique firms that are pressing the numbers.

What a lot of people don't realize is that on class actions where laywers are often times lumped into one big case, most of them make peanuts if they're not the primary firms. You guys have a lot of gamble to with billing depending on your structure. So all in, I get it.

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Re:I criticized Amazon’s policies in a blog. Their lawyers a... by singleshot_ on Thursday June 01, 2023 @04:18PM (#36156783)

Yeah man, it’s a tough racket. Some lawyers are paid entirely on contingency. Personally I think the economics of this gig are ridiculous but I certainly don’t have a better model.

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