On: Spotify files for its IPO

[samfriedman]

I wonder if the lawsuit was purposefully timed near the IPO announcement, in an attempt to heap extra pressure on Spotify to settle quickly.

[CPLX → samfriedman]

Yes, that's precisely how lawsuit strategy works.

[samfriedman → CPLX]

I'd be curious to know how much of the strategy on the IPO side takes this kind of "out of the woodwork" stuff into account.

[jvanderbot → samfriedman]

I think that's spot on. They are holding the stock price for ransom.

[harryh → samfriedman]

This is almost certainly the case.