The Watchtower knows they are guilty and have been ramping up for possible lawsuits years ahead.
I have been out since 1992,but I do remember the 1988 BOE letter regarding 'legal clarification' back then I was in the clique at the Rockland Massachusetts Kingdom hall and it was revealed to me that "the elders have to be very careful what they say as the [quote]" society is being bombarded with lawsuits." [unquote]
The congregation overseer would sleazy 'mealy-mouth' always framing statements in the form of a question like a jeopardy game show contestant.This was so to diminish his accountability by not being able to pin him down on anything specific.
They are evil and know exactly what they are doing when they screw you over ahead of time and get all lawyer-ed up for it.
I always wondered about all the constant chatter back in the 80's 90's on the supposed evil apostates nipping at the societys heels filing all kinds of lawsuits.
There were NO 'apostates suing anybody' this was all Watchtower hate hysteria to scare off anybody who was thinking of going after them.They are in deep bleep because this is now 2012 Armageddon is no where in sight to deliver them.They are going to have to face the music.The Watchtower is run by psychopaths.