I didn't say anything negative last year when I was asked why I wanted to move to a new job because I was still employed. This year, I am legally suing my ex-employer for severance, and some job applications specifically ask me if I was ever laid off. I can't lie on those forms or if I'm asked directly, and if I have to say I was fired then I am also going to say that I responded legally because I don't want to accept my employer's unfounded reasoning for my supposed faults that supposedly caused my firing. I have to present my counter-argument to oppose the jerk employer's unjustified firing of me. If he had just cut me loose with a neutral reason that didn't assign blame then I wouldn't have to justify myself, so I have to say something.