Chapter 570: Find someone to settle accounts
Wave after wave of unevenness, this is the state that journalists like the most.
Before the storm of the Blue Lagoon wine counterfeiting case subsided, the Benehans Group suddenly held a new round of press conferences.
Jessica announced at the press conference that the Benihans Group will sue some of those responsible for the Benis No. 1 wheat seed more than a month ago.
Jessica made public the findings of independent scientists or independent research institutes at the press conference. These scientists or institutions all endorse the results of the Benis-1 test from an authoritative research institution. They believe that the results are in line with the scientific and technical process and that the results are credible.
More than 20 days ago, the Benihans Group made the results of those tests public. The testing is carried out by the world's most authoritative testing department. After the results were made public, the Benehans Group publicly invited research structures across the United States to evaluate the tests.
It turned out that Benehans had not committed any fraud.
Since then, however, the Benehans Group has not followed up. That makes one think that's the end of it. I didn't expect the Benehans Group to suddenly attack at this time, which made the media reporters even more excited.
One reporter even joked on his Facebook page that he was in love with Link and Jessica.
Answering a reporter's question, Jessica said: "We have collected a lot of remarks about slandering Benis One. After careful review, we believe that some people are only questioning food safety concerns, so we have screened those suspected of slandering Benis No. 1. In the end, we decided to prosecute only those who we believe were deliberately slandering and leading the public to question Benis One. However, we reserve the right to sue others. ”
At the press conference, the Benis Group announced a list of 223 prosecutors. Most of them are co-indictments, and some are separate indictments.
The reporter exclaimed on the spot when he saw this list. They saw that in the list of indictments published by Benihans, there was a case in which there were 109 defendants. It is extremely rare to have a civil case with so many defendants. It may even be the most accused civil case in the history of the United States. And many of them turned out to be authoritative figures in the biological sciences in the United States.
Of course, they are all authorities on GMOs.
"We've gathered some evidence that some of the people on the list were paid by companies after they published the slander against Benis One," Jessica said. While it is not possible to prove that their defamation of Benis 1 was a paid act, I think it is impossible for a scientist not to understand that there should be sufficient evidence before expressing one's opinion on a technology. And it turns out that their so-called evidence is very different from the world's authoritative institutions. We have reason to suspect that they have engaged in academic bribery. ”
At the same time, more than 200 scientists were accused of academic bribery, not to mention the United States, but even the world's first case.
"Madam President, what evidence do you have?"
Jessica smiled and said, "We're going to hand over the evidence to the court." Here, we will not make it public. ”
She said this very darkly.
Douglas was able to find evidence of academic bribery by only a dozen scientists. If she makes it public now, let the others avoid suspicion. She prefers that most of those people accepted bribes. Now that she doesn't make it public, those people are suspicious of drinking parties.
As long as they have suspicions, they can attract reporters to follow the people on the list. Maybe those reporters will be able to help her get some grip. Even if the reporter doesn't keep an eye on it, it can make them uncomfortable by subjecting them to some questioning before the case is made public.
That evening, Link saw the press conference of the Benehans Group. When he saw Jessica's answer to the reporter, he couldn't help but laugh. But he couldn't agree more with her approach.
They just need to light a fire, they have already burned more than a month ago anyway, and the fire will never burn on them again. As for what those people were burned into, they deserved it.
It's always nice to make the enemy burned.
But Link received even happier news: the District Court of New Mexico had accepted his appeal for liquidated damages from Luke Truss, Ekobe Farms, John Malone and Bell Farms.
In fact, if there is no special clause in the contract, even if it has been determined that Truss grapes will not be able to make silver wine, he will have to wait until after the delivery date of September or October.
However, there is a clause in the current contract that if the wine is inspected and it is determined that the other party is unable to complete the contract, the other party is deemed to be in breach of contract.
Until October, the Northern Hemisphere is certainly not the season for the grape harvest. In other words, neither Bell Farms nor Ekobe Farms can any longer make wine from the so-called Truss grapes. It is entirely certain that it is not possible for the other party to offer the wine provided for in the contract. So the fact that the other party is in breach of contract is clear. The court was also justified in upholding his claim.
The court's decision came much sooner than he had imagined. He thought he would have to wait another month or two.
However, he thought that it might be because the fake Blue Lagoon wine case had attracted too much attention. And he linked that contract to this case, and how to deal with this contract has also attracted much attention.
There are a lot of things that the United States needs to be politically correct. For example, the spirit of contract is one of them.
If I had to give an example. This phenomenon can be seen from some legal unfairness.
The laws of the United States are more protective of the wealthy. An obvious example is that when a company makes a mistake, everyone knows that the behavior of the company is actually the will of the manager. But in U.S. law, only the company is liable, and the managers are not legally responsible.
So under the law, even if a company harms hundreds of thousands of people because of pollution and other problems, the final result is at most to award the company compensation. And it also has to be sued by the victim. And then how many years it dragged on is unknown.
That's the law. But that goes against the spirit of the contract. That's something that's politically incorrect.
So, some people come up with a checks and balances.
Here's another example.
For example, when financial structures encounter an economic crisis, they usually use fraud to not only warn investors to avoid risks, but also hope to protect their interests through investors' losses.
That's not illegal, it's just against social morality. Extreme public opposition. It is then necessary to appease the public's discontent.
In order to prove that the Confederation is in the spirit of a contract, Congress has the power to question these businesses and administrators.
But after questioning, there will be no penalty. At most, amendments to certain laws and regulations have been proposed based on these loopholes. As for when the law will be changed, or even if it can be changed?
It depends!
Of course, if the challenged business manager fails to pass the question, he will have a bad reputation. Because the interrogation may be public. Let the manager's notoriety have to disappear for a while. That may be the only punishment.
But after a few years, you may find that the man has reappeared. The years when he was forced to disappear may have been nothing more than a vacation, or he might have just traveled the world on a superyacht.
In any case, even if it is only a formality, it shows an attitude: political correctness must undoubtedly be maintained.
As Link said, the spirit of contract is the foundation of America. The system of separation of powers in the United States was established on the concept of social contract theory.
Therefore, one needs to reinforce the impression that the spirit of contract is still strong. Link's claim, then, is something they have to support. Because many people already agree with Link's criticism of "the collapse of the American dream".
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Jessica was sure to take care of California by Friday and even rushed back before dinner.
After learning that the court had accepted Sheng's international trade's complaint, she couldn't help asking: "Luke Truss is dead." There's a chance that John Malone will stall for time. ”
Link also thought about it. He looked at Hannah, who was painting, and said, "According to Sheng Trading and their contract, there is no stipulation of their proportion of responsibility. Maybe there is between them, but that's their business. ”
He laughed and said, "As long as the court rules in favor of me." ”
He doesn't care who pays a billion dollars, he can get it anyway.
The reason why he put Luke Truss on the list of defendants is because although this person is dead, his assets will be frozen and will be used to compensate for these things. As for whether it can exceed $200 million, he doesn't know for the time being.
"When will the court be held?"
"Next Thursday. The courts also seem to be in a hurry. However, the facts of this case are also clear. ”
Jessica nodded and said, "I hope it doesn't take too long." ”
Link smiled, took her in his arms and said, "It's okay, no matter how long this case drags on, we will win." It's been a long time, and John Malone is in a hurry than us. ”
As long as the case is not closed, it is impossible for the media not to pay attention to the case of a billion dollars. Every time the court is held, the reporter will bring up the old story again. He guessed that John Malone definitely didn't want the public to be reminded from time to time that John Malone was a despicable counterfeiter.
He paused and said, "Why don't you go to Seattle tomorrow?"
Tomorrow he is going to attend the ribbon-cutting of the Strus mobile phone store. Tomorrow is another weekend, and after the ribbon cutting, the family is spending the day in Seattle.
Jessica thought for a moment and said, "Wait for the weather to get warmer and then take the two little ones to play together." You should take Hannah to play this time. "The two little ones are easy to recognize, and they feel uneasy to spend the night in an unfamiliar place. Maybe they'll be better when they're older.
Link nodded and said, "Then I'll take Hannah to play for two days." ”