• FuglyDuck@lemmy.world
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      3 months ago

      The lawyer probably did it on spec. He promised 5 mill to anyone who proved him wrong.

      16 hours of work that gets paid by Lindell for a very-easy win? Absolutely.

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        3 months ago

        Sure, but this was legitimate. Lindell admitted he had no intention to pay the 5 million, he just wanted to gin up free publicity.

        He thought that “since you can’t prove a negative” that he wouldn’t have to pay. The judge in the case however found that since the data was literally technical gibberish, that the plaintiff proved that it could not be what Lindell had claimed it was, and was owed the promised payout.