[Iv]

Japan is similar. I keep marveling at the stories about the US system and wonder how it is supposed to be considered friendly for businesses...

[xwdv]

Does the example not make it obvious? Imagine your business doesn’t want to pay a bill from some douchebag business you hate.

[Archelaos]

I think the parent means that a system in which anyone can delay the payment of otherwise legitimate financial claims through an extremely protracted legal process is generally not very business-friendly. Of course, it is friendly to businesses that do not want to pay their liabilities, but on the cost of all the others. What good is a legal system if a company cannot enforce its rights in practice?

[mkr-hn]

The same way any human system works: people mostly want to do the right thing, so they do.

[simonh]

It’s not a case of a simple disagreement though. In this situation there’s a court order requiring you to pay the bill. Not wanting to doesn’t cut it.

[lazide]

You’d be amazed how long someone can go in open defiance of a court order before something concrete actually happens.

It usually requires going back to court for the concrete thing to actually happen too; and it’s rarely all that catastrophic.

Judges are surprisingly willing to give folks more rope to hang themselves with later.