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Owed a billion dollars in Nvidia stock

1091 points · 458 comments · Eric_Gullichsen

  1. bambax · · focus · HN ↗
    > Here in the land of the free, it turns out a company only has to honor its contractual obligations for a little while.

    Eceryone everywhere appears to hate statuses of limitations, but they exist for a reason, namely that after some time society needs to move on. It may be disappointing, or even cruel, for the victims, but we can't keep litigating the past forever.

    Espescially so in the "land of the free" which is the land of lawyers and lawsuits.

    1. binlog · · focus · HN ↗
      Everyone hates them only when they are on the losing side. Imagine you got sued for non-payment by a plumber who fixed your sink 30 years ago, and had to defend yourself in court. The author would change is tune about contracts real quick if this happened to him.
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