Re: They were getting sued.....
"....by various organizations such as MIT, UC, Havard and so on so I expect there was also a bit of backchannel discussion going on."
Isn't Harvard where most of the USAs best lawyers come from? Probably not a good idea to get into a legal spat with them. Apart from the on staff legal expertise, there's a culture of supporting your Alma Mata in the US. Not only the judge, but your own lawyers might be Harvard grads.
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