Careful What You Sue For: Trump’s BBC Case Just Forced His Financial Records Into Discovery

We’ve written in the past that people online often get way too excited about theoretical pending “discovery” in frivolous lawsuits filed by bad actors. Because while there are certainly a few cases where (1) a frivolous case even reaches discovery and (2) some elements of that discovery are revealed to the public, in the vast majority of cases, that doesn’t happen. The legal strategy for most defendants is to get a case thrown out before it reaches discovery because discovery is incredibly expensive. And, even then, most often what is handed over in discovery never goes public. But… hey, sometimes, “can’t wait for discovery” turns out to be an accurate sentiment. Last year we noted that...

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