Merry Christmas from a lawyer :^)

Dec 28, 2019 3:38 PM

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that will be 500 bucks for you reading it pal

6 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

I used to negotiate cell tower leases with attorneys. These redlines are SPOT. ON.

6 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

That'll be $440 bucks, invoice enclosed.

6 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

6 years ago | Likes 336 Dislikes 2

Why hello there

6 years ago | Likes 5 Dislikes 0

You can just put “Including” without the rest. In legal writing, using “includ-“ does not mean what follows is an exhaustive list....cont.

6 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

...using “but not limited to” is redundant.

6 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

12 months from the date? That's amazing, when "New year" is just basically a single day holiday. What a bonus!

6 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

"New Year" is one day (Jan 1). When you say "new year," you mean the whole upcoming year. I always thought it miserly when somebody only 1/2

6 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

wished me a happy New Year. 2/2

6 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

FAKE. NEVER SEEN A LAWYER USE AND/OR

6 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

It's more used in business contracts than criminal cases. Check out some EULAs.

6 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

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6 years ago (deleted Oct 21, 2024 11:52 PM) | Likes 0 Dislikes 0

@UP

6 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

Username checks out

6 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

The card presumably would have been sent before the 25th December therefore, the new year effective date seems invalid. Bad lawyering..

6 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 1

It was corrected to 12 months from the date hereof - good lawyering

6 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

date hereof and “date of this Agreement” means the date first written above.

6 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

Agreement isn’t defined ; hereof will be date of the letter

6 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

Exactly.. that was my defence.. case dismissed..

6 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

I've been told lawyers are likely to be the first ones replaced by computer A.I......

6 years ago | Likes 195 Dislikes 12

Legal support staff, all the people that research cases, do prep work, etc.

6 years ago | Likes 4 Dislikes 0

Ya because robot lawyers sound better than human ones?

6 years ago | Likes 7 Dislikes 2

I heard it was truckers.

6 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

They already have in some cases. appealnow.com (not real A.I. but a dynamic letter generator but it's close enough as a starting point).

6 years ago | Likes 4 Dislikes 0

Unlikely

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6 years ago | Likes 5 Dislikes 0

Once true AI is achieved it’ll happen so fast “first” will have little relevance.

6 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

That would depend so wildly on who wrote the programming, their biases and interpretations, which are both individual and subjective.

6 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

Judges interpret the law, lawyers argue it.

6 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

Good correction. A better way to put it might be lawyers attempt to pitch their interpretation.

6 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

Paralegals, yes. Lawyers - probably not. Too much critical thinking required.

6 years ago | Likes 31 Dislikes 6

And besides the non-AI lawyer, most likely being of fae decent, could cause the AI to glitch out

6 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

You mean lying. Too much lying required.

6 years ago | Likes 11 Dislikes 8

Truth bending**

6 years ago | Likes 6 Dislikes 0

Big difference between bending the rules and breaking the rules

6 years ago | Likes 4 Dislikes 0

That bald girl in The Matrix bent the spoon to the max. Same with the law, man. There is no law!

6 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

Law is 100% charisma and precedent. Good luck getting an AI with a charisma score higher than 2.

6 years ago | Likes 140 Dislikes 12

Totally agree. Sure, it requires AT A BASELINE understanding of the letter of the law, but past that it's very much a social exercise!

6 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 2

I understand the majority of workers in a law firm are researching documentation for a case, not the lawyers themselves.

6 years ago | Likes 6 Dislikes 1

You look nice. Have you (if FEMALE){ "Lost weight?" else "Gained height?"};

6 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

Well they Samuel L. Jackson's voice recorder for Alexa also Morgan Freeman's so....you never know.

6 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

Precedence is important in countries with common law not so much in countries using Civil law

6 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

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Present company excepted.

6 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

Depends on what area of law, some parts are quite reliant on professional assessment. Like social law.

6 years ago | Likes 6 Dislikes 0

Bruh, you saying Hatsune Miku ain't charsmatic af?

6 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

6 years ago | Likes 6 Dislikes 0

Present company excepted.

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Present company excepted.

6 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

Almost all legal work is paperwork. Almost no legal work is in a court room and that is mostly motion practice.

6 years ago | Likes 13 Dislikes 0

Litigation is charisma. Non-litigators are some of the least charismatic ppl on the planet.

6 years ago | Likes 70 Dislikes 0

What other parts of law are there - research and discovery?

6 years ago | Likes 14 Dislikes 1

Contracts

6 years ago | Likes 30 Dislikes 0

Basically, it's transactional practice vs litigation. Litigation happens in a court. Transactional law is more about corporate law, eg >>

6 years ago | Likes 21 Dislikes 0

>> preparing legal documents, reviewing contracts, advising on legal matters, etc. Many lawyers will never enter a courtroom.

6 years ago | Likes 19 Dislikes 0

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I lack charisma.

6 years ago | Likes 4 Dislikes 0