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0 pointsadgjlsfhk11y ago0 comments

> Many attorneys will take such cases on contingency, as the odds are pretty good.

what this means is that the government steals your money and then the lawyer gets half of it if you win and get it back.

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lazide1y ago

Damages are on top of return of the money.

adgjlsfhk1OP1y ago

and damages are basically never awarded for this (for real, see if you can find a case where they were)

lazide1y ago

That’s because the moment someone lawyers up and appears to have a case, they give the funds back to avoid creating bad precedent. So it doesn’t go to court.

(See https://ij.org/press-release/federal-government-will-return-...)

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0 pointsadgjlsfhk11y ago0 comments

> Many attorneys will take such cases on contingency, as the odds are pretty good.

what this means is that the government steals your money and then the lawyer gets half of it if you win and get it back.

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lazide1y ago

Damages are on top of return of the money.

adgjlsfhk1OP1y ago

and damages are basically never awarded for this (for real, see if you can find a case where they were)

lazide1y ago

That’s because the moment someone lawyers up and appears to have a case, they give the funds back to avoid creating bad precedent. So it doesn’t go to court.

(See https://ij.org/press-release/federal-government-will-return-...)

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