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One-Sided Attorneys' Fees. All of the proposed bills include one-sided "fee-shifting" clauses authorizing a court to force a losing defendant to pay for the attorneys of the prevailing plaintiff. One proposed measure, in fact, goes so far as to automatically require that a losing defendant pay the attorneys' fees of the victorious service provider.
These provisions are not reciprocal, however. When a service provider wins, it can collect attorneys' fees, but an innocent defendant is never entitled to a reimbursement of fees. This is remarkable, when you consider that in most cases the communication service provider will be a large business, while the defendants are likely to be individuals or small businesses with limited ability to defend a lawsuit.
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That is what really gets me.
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Meridae'n once played "death" at a game of chess that lasted for over two years. He finally beat death in a best 34 out of 67 match. At that time he could ask for any one thing and he could wish for the hope of all mankind... he looked death right in the eye and said ...
"I would like about three fiddy"
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