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Simplified Legal English: Forking Karpathy's Favorite Writing Standard for Law

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Two weeks in a row and wiped my whole weekly claude credits by day 3. Two things seem to work (1) switch from Opus back to Sonnet. (2) close out threads that get too long (h/t @natebjones )
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But i've stopped thinking of the "thread" as a "collaborator" and started thinking of it as a MEETING. I think of a conference room where the white board is full. Let's take a minute, record all this and come back for another meeting -- with the same team -- later.
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so, maybe I'm the last person to learn this but basically, I think I learned the hard way that Opus was KILLING my credits and that Sonnet is more than good enough for what I am doing.
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Can you force better answers to your special interrogatories? When an evasive answer was the main issue, courts made them answer again in 167 of 168 California request sets. Good answers stood in 64 of 65.
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Can You Force Better Answers to Your Special Interrogatories?

California motions to compel further special interrogatory answers: evasive answers were compelled in 167 of 168 request sets. Adequate answers stood in 64 of 65.

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Suing the supervisor under FEHA: 5 of 5 lost. On discrimination, retaliation, failure to prevent or wrongful termination, the court dismissed the individually named supervisor in all 5 claims we read. Harassment claims turned on whether the supervisor was doing the job.
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Suing a Supervisor Under FEHA: 13 Claims in 12 California Rulings

Non-harassment FEHA claims against individual supervisors lost in 5 of 5 claims we read. Harassment claims turned on one question. Here it is.

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Which form interrogatories get fought over? In 327 California request sets, rulings named 17.1 in 74, 12.1 in 45 and 15.1 in 42. Where an evasive answer was the main issue, further answers were compelled in 104 of 104.
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Which Form Interrogatories Get Fought Over, and Who Wins?

Which California form interrogatories get fought over: 17.1 in 74 request sets, 12.1 in 45 and 15.1 in 42. Evasive answers were compelled in 104 of 104.

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Why do motions to compel further responses lose? In 2,134 California request sets, the motion was denied in 82 of 82 with no real meet and confer. Filed after the 45-day deadline, it was denied in 80 of 84.
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Why Do Motions to Compel Further Responses Lose?

In 2,134 California request sets, motions to compel further responses with no real meet and confer were denied in 82 of 82. Late motions were denied in 80 of 84.

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Pled guilty or no contest? In California, a malpractice claim against your criminal defense lawyer needs actual innocence and postconviction relief first. In one Santa Clara case, the malpractice claim failed, and the fiduciary and IIED claims survived.
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Suing Your Criminal Defense Lawyer After a No-Contest Plea (California)

After a guilty or no-contest plea, California bars malpractice claims without actual innocence and postconviction relief. Fiduciary and IIED claims can survive.

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A demurrer tests the four corners of the complaint (Blank v. Kirwan). Two California courts refused defense attempts to beat a malpractice claim with a prior ruling and a withdrawal that weren't in the pleading.
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Demurrers Can't Use Evidence Outside the Complaint (California Malpractice)

A demurrer tests the four corners of the complaint. Two California rulings rejected defense attempts to use outside evidence against a malpractice claim.

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We are gearing up to release the results of the exploratory research on "AI-native" law firms that we conducted this summer. As part of this final push, my team is surveying the current landscape of commentators offering descriptions of or frameworks for assessing AI-native firm characteristics. If you've written on this topic, please drop a link 👇
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Lots of misinformation out there about the difference among and between the appropriate term to use for various legal experts.
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Facing arbitration in a California elder-care case? Check who signed. Where a family member signed the admission papers without documented authority, the motion to compel was denied in 3 of 3 rulings. Working agency theories won 2 of 2.
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Elder-Care Arbitration in California: Who Signed Decides It

Elder-care arbitration in California: family signatures with no documented authority lost 3 of 3 motions to compel; working agency theories won 2 of 2.

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