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This is absolutely why we need a "loser pays" civil court system: interested attorneys should be able to volunteer to take on the case on behalf of the small business, with an agreement with their client that they only get paid if they win. Then when they do, they charge the big corporation an absolutely enormous amount of money in legal fees, which the big company is required to pay.

A system like this would keep frivolous lawsuits to a minimum.

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I like this idea until I try honestly to defend myself and fail, and the company says "ok we would like our $10k judgement and $10M legal fees paid today please."

Well it probably needs some adjustments.

So maybe it should be automatic that when a huge company sues a small company and loses, the small company gets all its legal fees paid plus a big payout for their time being wasted.

And maybe it should be different if small companies sue huge ones (e.g., patent trolls), or if small companies sue each other.

Maybe loser pays if they’re the plaintiff.

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