Unfortunately, excessive litigation is one of the downsides of an under regulated society. If our only protection from corporations is lawsuits then we shouldn't be surprised that people bring a lot of lawsuits.

And then you have the Germans, where they only feel safe in the most litigious and one of the most highly regulated countries of the world :)

> excessively litigious

I haven't heard evidence that litigation is excessive, except by very wealthy corporations and people.

I think most or many people lack access to litigation - they can't afford to use it or to protect themselves from it.

This industry learned a lesson from the AFFF debacle. And that lesson wasn't "share everything".

Companies don't need the threat of litigation to hide information about products. That's why departments like the FDA and USDA were created to begin with. For example, people were selling crude oil as medicine, and people were selling tape worm eggs a weight-loss pills.