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The punishment isn’t just the $5,000, it’s the public shaming that came with it. You’re not going to be able anyone’s name here for many years without this case
by cmcaleer 3y ago
The punishment isn’t just the $5,000, it’s the public shaming that came with it. You’re not going to be able anyone’s name here for many years without this case coming up. The world at large has been watching this unfold gleefully.
That, combined with the lawyers involved having decades-long clean slates, as well as this case being outside the normal realm this team would operate in, as well as ChatGPT being relatively new at the time this happened makes it all seem pretty proportional.
Maybe you could say they deserve worse for how they handled things after they got caught, but I struggle to really have a problem with this punishment considering the records of those involved.
- JohnFen 3y ago> The punishment isn’t just the $5,000, it’s the public shaming that came with it. Both the fine and the public shaming are very light "punishments". Everyone's pointing and laughing now, but in a year nobody will even remember their name and their career will be fine.
- sigstoat 3y agolocal legal communities have long memories. they’ll be griefed about it at their retirement parties.
- dragonwriter 3y ago> local legal communities have long memories. So does Google, and anyone researching these lawyers or this firm in the future...
- charcircuit 3y agoSure, but when you Google a lawyer's name and this comes up you may choose not to use him.
- loeg 3y agoOn the other hand, there are certain kinds of lawyer with low-research clients who won't suffer much from this, and these lawyers are likely that kind (representing a client suing Avianca for a drinks cart complaint).