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tinrobot

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3. The penalty is a lot of time/money spent in court spent defending the decision.

Reply to no_hypocrisy (Original post)

Wed Oct 8, 2025, 09:18 AM

Oct 8

Sure, they may have a strong case that the orders were illegal, but the resulting court battles would be significant.

A lot of them would not want to go down that road.

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