I hear it all the time in movies and in the news, but never fully understand what it means.
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Say you want to sue a company. They most likely have more money than you. They probably already have a team of lawyers of their own or a firm that represents them. If they’re going to bury you in legal fees what it means is that they’re willing to spend whatever it takes to win or at least drag it out until you can no longer afford to keep fighting.
You see, lawyers cost money. Their team of lawyers can also find ways to keep the proceedings going on and on and on and on and on. Chances are you don’t have the money to keep paying your lawyer.
But let’s say that your lawyer is one of those ones who doesn’t take a cent unless they win.
Great.
Ok, but what happens if you lose? The company that just spent $15m on their defence now petitions the court to make you pay for their defence.
So, either way, you get buried in legal fees. You go broke. You have to declare bankruptcy.
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