Except that people really do lose lawsuits based on the lawyer's misinterpretation of what they say. The classic line from the Google-Oracle suit where a Google

Except that people really do lose lawsuits based on the lawyer's misinterpretation of what they say. The classic line from the Google-Oracle suit where a Google engineer says, "We need to license java" cost them millions of dollars in litigation, and some felt it was the smoking gun. Rules that forbid such statements in the future aren't common sense, and make a lot of sense from a legal and financial perspective, annoying though they may be.