Company risk is certainly one we customers must take into account and possibly bear. You'd think buying ASIC pre-orders from start-ups was no different than ordering a Hello Kitty toaster from Amazon, given many of the
Shock, horror! reactions posted in the Hardware sub.

Sorry for your loss; IIRC you warned us months ago that the litigious scorched earth approach would benefit nobody except lawyers.
Too bad cedivad and the other lawyer-pimps didn't listen, and our chances of recovery are now much lower as a result.

See, you keep getting it backwards. HashFast imploded long before the lawyers showed up. Without the lawyers, no one would be getting anything. With the lawyers, there's a small chance of getting something back.