Lina Khan points to Figma IPO as vindication of M&A scrutiny

Re:Lina Khan points to Figma IPO as vindication of M&A scrutiny by benreesman on Monday August 04, 2025 @12:02AM (#44782019)

In the hypothetical lawsuit the damages would be money, the defendants would be the founders and investors, and the plantiffs would be employees with grants that got written down. No one knows how such a lawsuit would play out because it hasn't happened and looks unlikely to.

For the fucking hard of thinking: it would not be about an injunction against the founders being able to work at Google. It would be about them owing money to former employees.

Enough with this, it's trolling at this point.

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Re:Lina Khan points to Figma IPO as vindication of M&A scrutiny by scarface_74 on Monday August 04, 2025 @12:23AM (#44782110)

Okay, so I am founder of the company, I get VC funding. But I’m not “rich” by any means since I only have the play play wealth based on illiquid “equity”. I may not even have control over the company any more after much dilution.

I get an offer from Google where I am now making real money and have liquid RSUs coming. You think other employees should have the right to sue me because I left the company for a better offer?

The investors aren’t getting anything, in this case Google didn’t acquire the company, they hired the employees. Why would the investors be sued because employees left?

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