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To: InvisibleChurch

It is not blackmail when a lawyer signs the letter. “Give us a gazillion bucks or we will sue you for two gazillion!”


14 posted on 03/08/2014 9:31:07 AM PST by yawningotter
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To: yawningotter
It is not blackmail when a lawyer signs the letter. “Give us a gazillion bucks or we will sue you for two gazillion!”

No. That's called negotiation.

34 posted on 03/08/2014 9:59:43 PM PST by rmh47 (Go Kats! - Got eight? NRA Life Member])
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To: yawningotter
It is not blackmail when a lawyer signs the letter. “Give us a gazillion bucks or we will sue you for two gazillion!”

Al Sharpton made big bank in the mid-80s pulling that racket on the music biz. He sued the company doing Michael Jackson's world tour because there weren't enough black people. He got his hush money and dropped the suit (without changing the status quo).

36 posted on 03/09/2014 5:57:30 AM PDT by a fool in paradise (The Texas judge's decision was to pave the way for same sex divorce for two Massachusetts women.)
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