So for all the setbacks, there was actually a sense of progress, momentum even. As long as those few big things were still aligned correctly, all was not yet lost. With this criterion, the situation was not quite as bad as it looked: The conspirators were battling it out with Gawker in public and yet Gawker had no idea that there was a conspiracy. They had gotten a case to stick in state court, and they were about to begin the discovery phase of the trial, a place Gawker had never been taken to before. Yes, it had not occurred exactly as expected, but that’s how it goes. “You take two steps
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