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Nonetheless, surely the point is well-made that just because 12 jurors or 1 judge decide that a presentation is more persuasive does not say anything about the truth value of the underlying science.

Just look at the junk science of the FBI crime labs - and that stuff is being measured at the higher "beyond a reasonable doubt" standard.



Another factor that makes Monsanto/Bayer look really bad here is that they lost despite having basically an unlimited legal budget with a huge team of lawyers versus this school groundskeeper and their case was so bad they still lost.


>having basically an unlimited legal budget with a huge team of lawyers

no, their budget is capped at the amount that they're suing for. If you're getting sued for $1M there's no point in spending more than $1M on lawyers.

>versus this school groundskeeper and their case was so bad they still lost.

According to the court filings for the appeal, Johnson was represented by

>The Miller Firm, LLC Michael J. Miller, Curtis G. Hoke, Jeffrey A. Travers;

>Baum, Hedlund, Aristei & Goldman, P.C.; R. Brent Wisner, Pedram Esfandiary;

>Audet Partners LLP, Mark E. Burton

Something tells me that he wasn't paying for all of this out of pocket.


> no, their budget is capped at the amount that they're suing for. If you're getting sued for $1M there's no point in spending more than $1M on lawyers.

If it affects future worldwide business, they can spend more to protect overall business.




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