But the need is obviously there. Everyone who produces the following code in a non-university environment - for a fee! - needs to be punished quickly and severely:

Based on the given prompt, [Codex] produced the following response:

     function isEven(n) {

       if (n == 0)

         return true;

       else if (n == 1)

         return false;

       else if (n < 0)

         return isEven(‐n);

       else

         return isEven(n ‐ 2);

     }

     console.log(isEven(50));

     // → true

     console.log(isEven(75));

     // → false

     console.log(isEven(‐1));

     // → ??**

What they're doing is a service, though. Say that $10 million worth of damage against others has been done. If the law firm does not act, the villainous curs who caused that damage get to keep their money and are incentivized to do it again. If the law firm does act and prevails, then the villains lose their ill-gotten gains (in favor of the law firm and, sometimes, to an extent, the injured parties). That's preferable. Not ideal, but certainly better than nothing.

Is a startup founder looking for a big payout succumbing to greed?

These people are just following incentives.