[atirip]

In US certainly, but here's what I learnt living in Europe. You basically do not need lawyer. Ever. You can live happy life and run happy business. Without lawyers, without fear that somebody/anybody can/will sue you of anything. Wthout fear of shady contracts, shady business practicies etc. And even in very rare occasion when somebody decides to sue you and this case goes to court, even then you do not always need a lawyer. In Europe you can go to court without lawyer and win. I did, so can you.

[kryptiskt]

> Without lawyers, without fear that somebody/anybody can/will sue you of anything. Wthout fear of shady contracts, shady business practicies etc.

That is just not true. Nowhere can you be happy-go-lucky about the contracts you sign. Even where there is a degree of protection for consumers like in Sweden, and I wouldn't just assume that everything will work out fine even then, b2b is very caveat emptor.

> In Europe you can go to court without lawyer and win.

What does "in Europe" even mean? There is nothing unified about the legal systems here, even in basic principles. Navigating the UK legal system is wholly unlike doing it in Italy.

> I did, so can you.

He did, maybe you won't be so lucky, get a local lawyer.

[arethuza]

"Navigating the UK legal system is wholly unlike doing it in Italy"

Especially as there isn't really a single UK legal system.

[veidr]

I know posters below are ripping your 'in Europe' phrasing, because truly, there's no 'Europe' when it comes to legal systems and judgements.

But after stints in Malaga, Amsterdam, London, and Marseilles, I believe you. The legal systems there in Europe, in aggregate, do seem fairer and more logical than what the USA has. Especially with respect to small business.

Maybe "Ever." was overstating the case. But I do think that in most of Europe you need to worry about litigation so much less that it makes the US system seem bizarre.

(This is also true in Tokyo, where I live. This makes me suspect that some kind of weird outlier thing is going on in the USA with regard to litigation, as it is with infant mortality, literacy, etc.)

[ky3]

More litigation = more justice in the USA.

[shin_lao]

You obviously never had to fire anyone, had a customer who refused to pay you or had to sign an important deal with a large company.

[jacques_chester]

I'm in Australia, not the USA. And we're talking about business owners, not private individuals.