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My former employer Opera Software has filed a lawsuit against me

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Re: My former employer Opera Software has filed a lawsuit against me

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For somebody who doesn't want to talk about the case, he sure does talk about the case an awful lot!

Exactly, and there might be arguments that he has made on this blog that might be used against him in the court of law. He may not have realized that, that is why they always recommend to shut up and let the lawyers talk when a case like this is going on.

Re: My former employer Opera Software has filed a lawsuit against me

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I hope he has checked this with a lawyer and that he is not giving his adversary ammunition. Good luck.

I am honestly surprised that Mozilla's legal counsel has not stepped in already to offer advice and guidance. (this post is something that such an intervention most likely would have stopped)

Re: My former employer Opera Software has filed a lawsuit against me

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post #7

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Quite, but one of the reasons for not talking about a case is to not give the opposition any ammunition. It's best to just keep quiet until the case is over. It'll be interesting to see how this plays out.

Right; it's definitely a fine line to walk. I'm not sure what is the 'correct' strategy either; we'll have to wait and see.

I think this is probably the best advice: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5629446

Re: My former employer Opera Software has filed a lawsuit against me

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post #14

incredibly lame thing to do to former employees. if you can't innovate, sue!

The thing they can't agree about did not happen while this guy was an employee of Opera Software. He was offering his consulting services as a commercial company.
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