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I think what a lot of people don't understand is that a lawyers job is to provide advise, not to make decisions.

• bottled_poe 4y ago
  Poorly conceived advice apparently.
  • DannyBee 4y ago
    Only in the minds of HN engineers. Lawyers who tell their clients to do nothing rather than actually help try to figure out a path forward go out of business very quickly. In-house counsel is a little different but again even at places like IBM the lawyers could not get away with blocking meaningful business
• dsr_ 4y ago
  Specifically, lawyers advise their clients on how to avoid liability. The minimum liability comes from doing nothing, so the default advice is "Don't."
  • lxgr 4y ago
    > The minimum liability comes from doing nothing You must be working in a very unregulated industry if that’s true!
    • aidenn0 4y ago
      It still follows: "How do I not get sued for my new medical device?" "Don't sell it to anybody."