I really enjoy his books, but I do agree that people go overboard in praising him. He wrote two great books and a pretty good one. I think people tend to factor in their assumptions about his future output when they talk about how he’s one of the greatest current authors.

This has already been litigated.

Yeah, but grrm has no pages.

I know. But with how many dates, promotional images, and other promises he’s made, I’m a bit skeptical.

Supposedly he’s turned in a final version, but we’ll see. Yeah, I also think that revelation undermined the character.

I will believe that once it’s in my hand, and I’ve read past the first few chapters. Maybe not even then.

He was clearly one of the fastest rising authors when he stopped writing. More of a highly touted sophomore than a hall of famer though.

The thing about his lineage is a pretty clear spoiler for the third book. Though to be fair, by the time you’ve read to the third book you’re pretty much hooked to the point where spoilers won’t stop you from reading.

Lynch’s work features many elements that would be instantly familiar to JRPG fans, including sprawling cities, lots of magic,

There are other things that could be pursued instead with those resources. find a company that is not obeying the law and sue them instead.

Amongst other reasons, the lawyers do deserve to get paid.

It's New Jerseys truth in advertising law. 

The first good that comes is right there in your third sentence. Without the lawsuit they never would have stopped, as evidenced that they didn’t stop for years after it was first brought (despite the law being clear).

The issue is that the only way to force companies to follow these laws is via lawsuit. It’d be nice if there was actually government enforcement, but there just isn’t. So the company decides to just ignore consumer laws in hopes that no one ever bothers.

In the case this spun off of the restaurant was charging different prices depending on if you were at the bar or not. 

They only started putting prices on things after getting sued, and even then it took four years. And that still means they were breaking the law for 8 years. And unfortunately in the US most consumer protection law enforcement has been abdicated/outsourced to lawsuits.

In many cases like this one the lawyers actually prep the case before they have the client. 

When I was first in Shanghai I ended up drinking a ton of it with a bunch of well off Chinese lawyers. But I also found that you can get a bottle for about $.60 at every 7-11 equivalent there. It really has a range.

He's suing over a large corporation systematically refusing to follow state law in order to make a couple of extra bucks per customer. Please don't buy into the spin that it's ok for companies to rip people off as long as they do it in small amounts to lots of people.

It's already the law in the state in question that they have to.