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mixdup • today at 7:59 PM • 1 reply • view on HN

The Government has full time lawyers on salary, they generally don't pay by the hour for things like that


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Manuel_D • today at 8:55 PM

This doesn't necessarily change the dynamic, though. The government has a finite number of lawyers. Diverting them to write subpoena after subpoena to request Flock data is still a hefty opportunity cost relative to what those lawyers could be working on instead.