by LostintheFog1999 6 Replies latest watchtower beliefs
Watch Tower is in court all the time. It wins some. It loses others.
We know it costs £££££ to go to court, pay barristers, expert witnesses, etc.
With WTC going to court for so many diverse reasons these days, from challenging laws to defending WT practices and paying out to CSA victims, how much do you think WTC is spending annually on court cases?
Can anybody put a figure on it for us?
They will never tell and finances are kept very secret, even locally. But it is enough to cause them to beg and sell off halls
Can anybody put a figure on it for us?
Philip Brumley, WT's lead Attorney could give you the numbers your asking for.
My guess is maintaining a very large legal department at WT Headquarters...add to that all the outside legal consulting law firms + outside independent high-price expert lawyers + secret undisclosed settlements...your talking way north of tens of thousands of dollars an hour 24/7 worldwide...maybe $50 to $60 million a year...maybe!
Like many large organizations, they will likely see fines and court cases as just the cost of doing business.
They are an untaxed business, with free labor - a few payouts isn't going to bankrupt them.
If the bulk of the outgoing money is settlements, then there can't really be a simple annual average. They probably have some consistent year-to-year costs in keeping non-JW counsel (probably on retainer, if there are enough cases to deal with each year). But legal costs are likely to be all over the place, when you are talking about protecting themselves from CSA accusations or dealing with issues related to policy (eg: Norway).
I do wonder how much of the legal work is being done by lawyers who are JWs and 'donate' their time and expertise. The savings there could be huge, on the order of hundreds of dollars-per-hour for one lawyer. These are probably the ones who write cease-and-desist letters to bloggers and YouTubers, or make DMCA and similar challenges to anti-JW content.
But they still need to fleece the flock for new building projects.
Just as long as the Borg can hoodwink people into thinking the Borg is of ""divine"" nature,,,the sheeple will continue to work, skave and give money to.
Mind control is a horrible thing. Its almost scary.
