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by joshstrange4 hours ago |
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upvoteby FabCH1 hours ago|
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Regulated legal insurance market coupled with „looser pays all the costs“ system.

The insurance doesn’t mind fighting for you because they will get paid by the company making the frivolous suit. You don’t pay much, 10$/month.

Although in this particular case, you wouldn’t even need that, since either you took the documents and that is criminal fraud prosecuted by the state or you didn’t take the documents and then the company would be in hella trouble if they perjured themselves to the public prosecutor claiming you did.

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upvoteby adrian_b3 hours ago|
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In many countries, the loser pays all the legal bills.

So if you have been wrongly accused, that may cost you nothing.

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upvoteby cactacea4 hours ago|
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It is more that labor protections in most of the industrialized world actually mean something, such that this sort of behavior is generally not even to be considered an option by an employer.
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upvoteby shimman4 hours ago|
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Yes, the US is actually unique in this position. It even has it's own name the "American Rule."

In every other country, the loser pays the winner's legal fees.

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upvoteby im3w1l4 hours ago|
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Doesn't that mean that if you have a slam dunk case you can get a super expensive lawyer just to run up costs as much as possible? Hell, could you ask your friend to be your legal representative and have him charge you a gorillion dollar in legal fees? Then when you win you split the loot?
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upvoteby tfourb3 hours ago|
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Civilized countries regulate the rates that lawyers can charge for standard work. Also lawyers get only reimbursed for reasonable costs by the loser. Still expensive, but not absurdly so.
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upvoteby FabCH1 hours ago|
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No because lawyer is a protected profession with regulated rates.

Unless your friend happens to actually be a legally licensed lawyer.

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upvoteby tiahura3 hours ago|
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No. The fees must be objectively reasonable and usual and customary for the effort and level of skill required. To get fees, you must submit an itemized billing statement that gets picked apart by the other side.
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upvoteby samatman3 hours ago|
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It does, and it absolutely has a chilling effect in countries which don't do things this way.

Sue someone who can spend millions of pounds (for the sake of argument) on defence? Better be certain you can win... against someone who can spend millions of pounds, and probably went to the same public school as the judge.

In America, legal fees can be awarded as additional damages. We should do it more than we do. But given those two options? I'm on Team American Rule, 100%

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upvoteby watwut1 hours ago|
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You are making stuff up. You wont get paid arbitrary large fees, but the amount of fees usually paid for similar case.
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