Feels like I've read variations on this theme since forever.
Journo phones lawyer, "hello there, if circumstance x happened, and party y appealed could parties a, b and/or c pursue legal action"
Lawyer "meh, guess so"
Journo "Cracking, let's get that written up and I can get back to hacking dead kid's voicemails"
Forrest seem to have abandoned that ship mate!