realizing the power companies like Chevron have over people...
I can't imagine the threats they and their lawyers made against everyone to get them to drop out..
Frightening!!!
I'll tell you, I am just a very tiny small business and I once was threatened with a cease and desist order from a BIG, VERY BIG, famous Japanese company. (Hint-- they make musical instruments and motorcycles, among other things) I was so pissed I could spit, and I was ready to go after the fuckers. I was no threat to them at all, Just corporate bullshit.
My lawyer told me that I could probably win but the cost would be astronomical and if I DID lose, no way could I pay the expenses.. His advice was to drop it.
So I gave in. It was no big deal at all to 'cease and desist.' I didn't really lose anything. But it was the principal of the thing and they knew they had me by the balls..