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Loomis appealed the sentence, arguing that neither he nor the judge could examine the formula for the risk assessment as it was a trade secret. The state of Wisconsin countered that Northpointe required it to keep the algorithms confidential in order to protect the firm's intellectual property. Wisconsin's attorney general, Brad D. Schimel, even used the same argument that Loomis did, that judges do not have access to the algorithm either, although he seems to have spun it as a positive somehow. This is a bit like saying a game of chess is fairer if neither player knows the rules. Which is true, in a way, but it's unlikely to produce a game of chess, just two people throwing pieces round a board, which will result in no winners in the traditional sense.