One day, this thread will die, but until then, the legal brainiacs at Zenimax sure have given me a laugh.
It's not gonna fly, especially if the defendant's attorney caught wind of another post about "Bethesda internally...." and made a very smart disclosure request, and a judge with common sense went..."Oh really now."
What would, imo, solve oh say 80% of the frivolous lawsuits foisted on the legal system, criminal and civil would be to implement "loser pays", then this kind of extortion (my wallet is bigger than yours) would go poof. Hmm, darn, that'll never happen, because lawyers need cases (or non-cases like this one) to be paid their percentage.