> definitely don't say "we will kill the competition!!" in email or chat
My first reaction when I went through this training was that the US legal system is completely absurd in the context of corporations, and can't result in anything but absurd outcomes, whether the litigation is successful or not.
There's quite literally a guidebook that says "don't say 'kill the competition', say 'we will make the best product' instead", etc. It's an obsession with words, and while I can understand how that's important in some civil cases, it's (a) trivial to conceal the coded speech to the point of cringe (see exhibit A: the TV show Billions, where the phrase "I am not uncertain" is used to somehow create plausible deniability), (b) you're gonna get a bunch of false positives from non-decision makers talking colloquially and sarcastically to each other and most importantly (c) it's completely meaningless anyway because intent means nothing to an amoral corporation. Wrongdoing by giant behemoths should be judged by what the company does, did they compete unfairly or not. Their nifty word-weaseling, or a random employee's clumsy lack thereof, should have no bearing on the case.
My first reaction when I went through this training was that the US legal system is completely absurd in the context of corporations, and can't result in anything but absurd outcomes, whether the litigation is successful or not.
There's quite literally a guidebook that says "don't say 'kill the competition', say 'we will make the best product' instead", etc. It's an obsession with words, and while I can understand how that's important in some civil cases, it's (a) trivial to conceal the coded speech to the point of cringe (see exhibit A: the TV show Billions, where the phrase "I am not uncertain" is used to somehow create plausible deniability), (b) you're gonna get a bunch of false positives from non-decision makers talking colloquially and sarcastically to each other and most importantly (c) it's completely meaningless anyway because intent means nothing to an amoral corporation. Wrongdoing by giant behemoths should be judged by what the company does, did they compete unfairly or not. Their nifty word-weaseling, or a random employee's clumsy lack thereof, should have no bearing on the case.