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Letter from former Twitter employees' lawyer to Musk

16 points by mcguire 4y ago

mooreds 4y ago
IANAL, but I really enjoyed reading this. It basically summarizes why Twitter/Musk has to keep the legal agreements regarding benefits and severance that were part of the acquisition agreement.
puffoflogic 4y ago
Lawyers in positions of strength simply do not write like this. Seriously, personal threats? This person is playing it up for their clients but they need a real lawyer asap.
- dragonwriter 4y ago
  > Lawyers in positions of strength simply do not write like this. This particular letter is rather narrowly adapted to the recipient but, yes, lawyers in positions of overwhelming positions of strength do write demand letters that look a lot like this, to the point that they end up being (positive) examples used in law schools.
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dmitrygr 4y ago
This does not read like a lawyer letter. Something is off…
- rsynnott 4y ago
  There's a bit of a tradition of this sort of thing. The classic is this one, of course: https://news.lettersofnote.com/p/very-truly-yours https://news.lettersofnote.com/p/very-truly-yours But there are many more; some more modern examples: https://abovethelaw.com/2014/07/the-greatest-letter-ever-the-atl-lawyer-letter-bracket-day-1/ https://abovethelaw.com/2014/07/the-greatest-letter-ever-the... It's... one way to do things; most lawyers don't write letters like this, but it's hardly unprecedented.
  - carl_dr 4y ago
    The first link’s response was written by a baseball team. (Edit: my mistake their counsel!) And the first example in the second link, quote ‘This one is kind of fudging the title of “lawyer letter” since the bar’s owner wrote the letter pro se.’
    - mjcl 4y ago
      > The first link’s response was written by a baseball team. Written by the team's general counsel, not ball players.
    - rsynnott 4y ago
      Wait, is your contention that a baseball stadium's general counsel should be held to a different standard than other lawyers? Why? What do you think is 'off' here? Like, that would appear to be a real lawyer who is a partner is a real law firm.

16 points by mcguire 4y ago

IANAL, but I really enjoyed reading this. It basically summarizes why Twitter/Musk has to keep the legal agreements regarding benefits and severance that were part of the acquisition agreement.

puffoflogic 4y ago

Lawyers in positions of strength simply do not write like this. Seriously, personal threats? This person is playing it up for their clients but they need a real lawyer asap.

dragonwriter 4y ago
> Lawyers in positions of strength simply do not write like this. This particular letter is rather narrowly adapted to the recipient but, yes, lawyers in positions of overwhelming positions of strength do write demand letters that look a lot like this, to the point that they end up being (positive) examples used in law schools.
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dmitrygr 4y ago

This does not read like a lawyer letter. Something is off…

rsynnott 4y ago
There's a bit of a tradition of this sort of thing. The classic is this one, of course: https://news.lettersofnote.com/p/very-truly-yours https://news.lettersofnote.com/p/very-truly-yours But there are many more; some more modern examples: https://abovethelaw.com/2014/07/the-greatest-letter-ever-the-atl-lawyer-letter-bracket-day-1/ https://abovethelaw.com/2014/07/the-greatest-letter-ever-the... It's... one way to do things; most lawyers don't write letters like this, but it's hardly unprecedented.
- carl_dr 4y ago
  The first link’s response was written by a baseball team. (Edit: my mistake their counsel!) And the first example in the second link, quote ‘This one is kind of fudging the title of “lawyer letter” since the bar’s owner wrote the letter pro se.’
  - mjcl 4y ago
    > The first link’s response was written by a baseball team. Written by the team's general counsel, not ball players.
  - rsynnott 4y ago
    Wait, is your contention that a baseball stadium's general counsel should be held to a different standard than other lawyers? Why? What do you think is 'off' here? Like, that would appear to be a real lawyer who is a partner is a real law firm.