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Seems like that would have the undesirable effect of making large corporations untouchable by anyone except the government and other large corporations.

If you want to sue a big company for treating you poorly, you risk a very high price of you lose.

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That’s the point of the American Rule - every side pays their own way.

That only holds if the laws allow the large corporation to treat people unfairly.

Even if the law is fair in 99.9% of the cases, if that 0.1% means you're on the hook for more than you can afford, it's rational not to risk it.

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