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People talk about legal outcomes speculatively all the time. Talk about a real case from a real person that you know that went to court and the guy wins economically.

None of the most successful people I know are initiating lawsuitsx

They might be victims of lawsuits, they might be paying out settlements and suffering economically.

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You likely don't know anyone because there is luck involved in success. Having to initiate a lawsuit would mean you are very unlucky.

For example, maybe your business partner fraudulently took most of the shares for himself despite a written equal equity split. Here, you can either sue or just walk away and give him your shares.

Keep in mind that "successful" people are incentivized to say all lawsuits against them are unfounded and they are merely the "victim". Why assume they are telling the truth? It's at least as likely that they had something to do with causing the lawsuit.

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