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Originally Posted by speakingtohe
So you think the Solicitors Regulation Authority was in on this and it was a massive conspiracy?
Helen
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No. I'm just playing devil's advocate here. I don't have a dog in this fight because I've never read any of her books.
But I think if Rowling was really "hurt" by the revelation, she would have pushed for a stronger penalty - and it would have happened - and would have terminated her relationship with the law firm. His rebuke is ultimately meaningless because it is toothless, and because if she was willing to stay with the firm after this indiscretion, I doubt that they lost any of their other customers. And I do think that it's odd that he made the revelation to "his wife's best friend". Telling his wife I could understand, but
her best friend, not even his?
It could have been just a faux pas on his behalf, or it could have been a deliberate slip just to see how long it took for the word to spread and increase the sales with the law suit being merely pro forma. Just because we might think that she thinks she doesn't need more money doesn't mean that
she actually thinks that.
