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I am not a lawyer. I've worked with multiple lawyers on multiple suits and this is literally how they advised me. I've been on the other side of the table wher

by gretch 4y ago

I am not a lawyer. I've worked with multiple lawyers on multiple suits and this is literally how they advised me. I've been on the other side of the table where I received legal letters asking to repair harms, and this is a similar story. I'm telling stories about my life experiences. If you choose not to believe them, whatever I don't care. And obviously you should not take the advise of me, an internet stranger, over your personal counsel. But yeah, when you get a suit handed to you, don't be surprised if this is the way things play out. Probably in your analysis you forgot to factor in that the vaaaast majority of disputes never reach an actual trial or a jury and are settled out of court.

Kranar 4y ago
When discussing legal matters, please avoid making statements like this: "What I gave is pragmatic advise for a normal person in general situations." Avoid purporting to give people legal advice if you are not a subject matter expert. If you want to discuss your own personal experiences, by all means you're welcome to do so and there's nothing wrong with that. In that case avoid making factual or categorical claims that could mislead people and certainly don't do so with the notion that you're giving people advice on the matter. When you say something can never happen that's a factual legal claim that is false when in fact it happens all the time. Perhaps in your specific circumstances that was the correct course of action, but that does not mean that this is a legal principle that can be generalized and from which you can advise others on.
- gretch 4y ago
  You're basically just stating a set of arbitrary life principles and then saying everyone should live by them. I thought my comment was 1) definitely ethical based on the fact the first sentence stated I'm not a lawyer, then later stating that you should always take the advise of your personal lawyer and 2) added value to ppl who didn't have any legal experience at all on the topic. You think I was using the word "never" literally? Okay well how about you just said "in fact it happens all the time". Okay so it happens 100% of the time right? Does it even happen 50% of the time? You're a hypocrite for criticizing the use of conversational shortcuts and then using them yourself. You've failed to convince me of anything, and I'm going to keep living my life and making comments the way I was.
  - Kranar 4y ago

by gretch 4y ago

Kranar 4y ago

When discussing legal matters, please avoid making statements like this: "What I gave is pragmatic advise for a normal person in general situations." Avoid purporting to give people legal advice if you are not a subject matter expert. If you want to discuss your own personal experiences, by all means you're welcome to do so and there's nothing wrong with that. In that case avoid making factual or categorical claims that could mislead people and certainly don't do so with the notion that you're giving people advice on the matter. When you say something can never happen that's a factual legal claim that is false when in fact it happens all the time. Perhaps in your specific circumstances that was the correct course of action, but that does not mean that this is a legal principle that can be generalized and from which you can advise others on.

gretch 4y ago
You're basically just stating a set of arbitrary life principles and then saying everyone should live by them. I thought my comment was 1) definitely ethical based on the fact the first sentence stated I'm not a lawyer, then later stating that you should always take the advise of your personal lawyer and 2) added value to ppl who didn't have any legal experience at all on the topic. You think I was using the word "never" literally? Okay well how about you just said "in fact it happens all the time". Okay so it happens 100% of the time right? Does it even happen 50% of the time? You're a hypocrite for criticizing the use of conversational shortcuts and then using them yourself. You've failed to convince me of anything, and I'm going to keep living my life and making comments the way I was.
- Kranar 4y ago