Re:Ellen Pao owes Kleiner Perkins $276,000 for lawsuit costs...
by pixel on Wednesday June 17, 2015 @09:58PM
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Why does she have to pay the legal fees incurred by the defendants because she tried to extort money? Is that what you're asking? She has to pay because she lost, and they weren't doing anything wrong.
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Re:Ellen Pao owes Kleiner Perkins $276,000 for lawsuit costs...
by WalterGR on Wednesday June 17, 2015 @10:20PM
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...she tried to extort money? ...she lost, and they weren't
doing anything wrong.
Are you saying that because she lost that implies that she was engaging in extortion?
Re:Ellen Pao owes Kleiner Perkins $276,000 for lawsuit costs...
by obstinate on Wednesday June 17, 2015 @10:24PM
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Correction: when you sue someone and lose, that does not necessarily mean you were extorting them. In fact, it almost necessarily precludes extortion, since extortion is the act of threatening to reveal a damaging secret unless you are conpensated. It also doesn't necessarily mean that the defendants did nothing wrong, as in the example of failed lawsuits against the NSA.
Re:Ellen Pao owes Kleiner Perkins $276,000 for lawsuit costs...
by monochromatic on Wednesday June 17, 2015 @10:25PM
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No, that's generally not enough. The U.S. courts generally follow the American Rule, not the English Rule.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_rule_%28attorney%27s_...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English_rule_%28attorney%27s_f...