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0 pointsclaudius12y ago0 comments

> Unfortunately, it also means that the party being sued has to suddenly put up a bunch of cash to pay to defend the lawsuit.

In any decent legal system, you can get publicly funded lawyers if you are unable to pay for your own, and if you win, you get your costs back anyways.

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wpietri12y ago

For civil suits? Really? Which ones do that?

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0 pointsclaudius12y ago0 comments

> Unfortunately, it also means that the party being sued has to suddenly put up a bunch of cash to pay to defend the lawsuit.

In any decent legal system, you can get publicly funded lawyers if you are unable to pay for your own, and if you win, you get your costs back anyways.

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wpietri12y ago

For civil suits? Really? Which ones do that?

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