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> Recommend you don’t spend “ thousands of dollars to hire a lawyer and file a response” on something that you find very slightly worrisome.

I call a lawyer any time I have a legal question for which I am not confident about the answer. If it’s not a real problem, a lawyer will be able to answer it a fraction of an hour’s worth of billable time.

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> a lawyer will be able to answer it a fraction of an hour

Except that they will probably won't know the answer immediately an need more time than that: https://twitter.com/DanielleVEsq/status/1472105731474137094

Both halves of my sentence you partially quoted are important. If your lawyer thinks it could be a real problem, obviously that entails more work.

...which I hope you recognize is a very privileged position to be in.

Almost any reputable lawyer in the US will give you a few minutes of wisdom for free.

Just knowing (or believing) that, and having ready access to "any reputable lawyer in the US", is already a privileged position to be in.

What is your point? It doesn't take many resources to pick up the phone and call people. Initiative is something both privileged and unprivileged people alike can (and do) have.

And to those unaware that this is a possibility, disseminating this knowledge is our collective responsibility. Be part of the solution.

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