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by tannhauser23 1346 days ago
GET OFF THE INTERNET AND HIRE A LAWYER TO HANDLE THIS

You guys want to run a business, well, start acting like businessmen. Your company will occasionally get subpoenaed or - heaven forbid! - be sued. You got a third-party subpoena for documents in a litigation. Guess what, this will happen from time to time. Your attorney should be negotiating with Meta to figure out what documents/testimony your company will provide.

Honestly, your behavior makes me question your maturity. Treat this as a learning experience about the reality of the American business/legal world. Get a lawyer to handle it and shut up about the case.
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TheCoelacanth 1346 days ago
Presumably they did get a lawyer, but I don't see why they should get off the Internet.

If Meta is going to use the legal system to bully tiny startups that tangentially compete with them, they might as well take a bit of a PR hit for doing it.

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benreesman 1346 days ago
The parent is already going grey via downvotes, which I think is a bit harsh: "hire a lawyer and let them hire PR people" is in fact generally good advice.

This thread is 1 part "this isn't the place to litigate this" and 2 parts "i've got a beef with big tech", so it's unlikely to be germane and therefore the all caps are likely to be a bit much.

But it's good advice generally, and that shouldn't be downvoted.

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kanetw 1346 days ago
Hiring a lawyer was the first thing we did. For the rest, I'd gladly do this if we had the funds to do so. We don't.

Plus, we as a company are (maybe excessively) open. Of course we're going to get involved in legal proceedings, that's a fact of life. Doesn't mean we won't talk about it.

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benreesman 1346 days ago
In my highly uninformed view, you're thus far in the clear near as my uninformed, ignorant ass can tell.

But the GP's advice is still as good as when it was printed: for the most part, the under-resourced party is courting nothing but trouble by courting public opinion litigation.

Do talk to a lawyer, don't say more than you can help on the Internet. It's good advice.

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