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Re:When Not to Obey Orders (2019) by qingcharles on Monday February 17, 2025 @04:37PM (#43083539)
Litigation is absolutely horrible. There is a reason they say "you can't fight city hall."

The gov will burn itself down to fight you in court. They generally don't like to settle because losing just means they may have to raise taxes or insurance premiums. No gov attorney is likely to actually lose their job because they fought too long or hard and lost.

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Re:When Not to Obey Orders (2019) by getwiththeprog on Wednesday February 19, 2025 @01:11AM (#43099105)
As I understand it, they like to settle with non-disclosure agreements.
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Re:When Not to Obey Orders (2019) by qingcharles on Wednesday February 19, 2025 @01:27AM (#43099184)
Very common. This often stops the amount being put in the court records, but having settled one recently I think it is hard to hide these payouts from an informed, determined member of the public.

For instance, my settlement had to go through the financial committee of the county. Which means the lawsuit was scheduled as a line item in a televised public debate. Also, you could at least FOIA the bank records to a degree and reverse-engineer any payouts.

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