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The implications of such legal strategies extend beyond individual lawsuits. Chinese companies, including telecom giant Huawei, have a history of threatening legal action against organizations that question their practices or question factory conditions and human rights violations.
The use of Western legal firms to carry out these intimidation strategies raises critical ethical questions. Prominent law firms are enabling the strategy of legal warfare to stifle legitimate criticism while potentially compromising democratic values and freedom of speech.