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Legal advise can be tricky, specially when trying to do something new. I have seen a few situations where this scenario played out Out of curiosity, was the pa

Legal advise can be tricky, specially when trying to do something new. I have seen a few situations where this scenario played out Out of curiosity, was the paperwork cumbersome, or did the old counsel just not know? note: I considered rewording the "not know" bit since regulations can be tricky, there can be other reasons why they might've felt that the need to register wasn't there. Most of which I feel, for counsels, falls into the didn't know, didn't look category.

austenallred 7y ago
Old counsel read the regulation passed by the BPPE and said it didn’t apply to us because we didn’t have physical classrooms. The BPPE disagreed. It took two people two months full-time to prepare and submit.
- bushido 7y ago
  That amount of paperwork sounds for a lack of a better word – insane. I can't see it being easy for any side of this quantity of paperwork being able to get it right easily. Perhaps there is an opportunity for some start-up to help solve this. -- On a different note, I love what you folks are doing and keep pitching lambda to folks who're stuck in long uber/lyft rides with me.
  - austenallred 7y ago
    We’re lucky enough to have enough time/money to assign people to it full-time. I don’t know how a small school would comply.
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dsfyu404ed 7y ago
>specially when trying to do something new New is the easiest case. If your "new thing" entrenches the status quo and generally benefits those on the top of society the law will be interpreted as in your favor as it can possibly be. If your "new thing" threatens the status quo or makes the poor more able to annoy those on the top of society the legal system will go through whatever contortions it must to throw up roadblock after roadblock. If your "new thing" is somewhere in between or if most people are indifferent but there's small vocal minorities who feel strongly for/against your thing that's where it gets interesting.

austenallred 7y ago

Old counsel read the regulation passed by the BPPE and said it didn’t apply to us because we didn’t have physical classrooms. The BPPE disagreed. It took two people two months full-time to prepare and submit.

bushido 7y ago
That amount of paperwork sounds for a lack of a better word – insane. I can't see it being easy for any side of this quantity of paperwork being able to get it right easily. Perhaps there is an opportunity for some start-up to help solve this. -- On a different note, I love what you folks are doing and keep pitching lambda to folks who're stuck in long uber/lyft rides with me.
- austenallred 7y ago
  We’re lucky enough to have enough time/money to assign people to it full-time. I don’t know how a small school would comply.
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dsfyu404ed 7y ago

>specially when trying to do something new New is the easiest case. If your "new thing" entrenches the status quo and generally benefits those on the top of society the law will be interpreted as in your favor as it can possibly be. If your "new thing" threatens the status quo or makes the poor more able to annoy those on the top of society the legal system will go through whatever contortions it must to throw up roadblock after roadblock. If your "new thing" is somewhere in between or if most people are indifferent but there's small vocal minorities who feel strongly for/against your thing that's where it gets interesting.