You pay for the initial leg work, hoping it plays out the way you envision it. If it gets deemed unfeasable for reasons, you don't get your initial investments back? That's not how business is done. If they said go ahead before looking at it, then came back and stopped the project, sure, you might have a case. I would want all the facts before making a decision there, so let the courts handle it. It's what they are there for.