<story><title>J&amp;J tried to get federal judge to block publication of Reuters story</title><url>https://www.reuters.com/business/healthcare-pharmaceuticals/jj-tried-get-federal-judge-block-publication-reuters-story-2022-02-04/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>legalcorrection</author><text>So either 1) the lawyers ripped off J&amp;amp;J by spending time on this or 2) J&amp;amp;J management was so angry and irrational that they demanded the lawyers waste their time on this.&lt;p&gt;Every lawyer worth their salt in America knows that you can’t get an injunction to prevent someone from publishing something. That’s a prior restraint and is about as close as you can get to something absolutely forbidden under American law.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>throwaway09223</author><text>&amp;quot;you can’t get an injunction to prevent someone from publishing something.&amp;quot;&lt;p&gt;You can&amp;#x27;t, in theory.&lt;p&gt;In practice this sort of thing happens all the time. I had a judge issue a clearly unconstitutional order limiting my speech (there was no action on my part leading up to this, it was a broad order applying to more than just me). My lawyer&amp;#x27;s take was that while it was clearly not allowed, it wasn&amp;#x27;t particularly important so best to just ignore it.&lt;p&gt;It&amp;#x27;s really, really common.</text></comment>
<story><title>J&amp;J tried to get federal judge to block publication of Reuters story</title><url>https://www.reuters.com/business/healthcare-pharmaceuticals/jj-tried-get-federal-judge-block-publication-reuters-story-2022-02-04/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>legalcorrection</author><text>So either 1) the lawyers ripped off J&amp;amp;J by spending time on this or 2) J&amp;amp;J management was so angry and irrational that they demanded the lawyers waste their time on this.&lt;p&gt;Every lawyer worth their salt in America knows that you can’t get an injunction to prevent someone from publishing something. That’s a prior restraint and is about as close as you can get to something absolutely forbidden under American law.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>reaperducer</author><text>&lt;i&gt;the lawyers ripped off J&amp;amp;J by spending time on this&lt;/i&gt;&lt;p&gt;I wouldn&amp;#x27;t be surprised.&lt;p&gt;My mother worked for the VP a company that was involved in a lawsuit that went on for decades.  It was commonly known in the company that the lawsuit was being deliberately dragged out for the benefit of the opposition&amp;#x27;s lawyers, and that the case was even handed down as a kind of sick inheritance from father-to-son as people retired.&lt;p&gt;I&amp;#x27;ve only been involved in a court case once.  I was picked as a juror in a case where two divorce lawyers were suing each other over how to split the fee from a high-profile divorce.&lt;p&gt;I&amp;#x27;m sure there are good lawyers out there, but they seem as rare as hen&amp;#x27;s teeth and well-intentioned social media companies.</text></comment>