In reply to Matthew Underwood.

The legal team probably had a good idea of the outcome from the start, and they were going to get paid no matter what, so I doubt they were inexperienced.

I question the people who run Automattic - why they would spend a lot of money on what looks like a personal vendetta is beyond me. I've met some of them, and they seem like responsible folks that wouldn't dirty their hands with something like this. It's baffling.