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Legalist (YC S16) Is Hiring a Skunk Works Hacker
1 points by evashang 2y ago
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by evashang 2y ago
agree with this - other industries like finance and law are much more greenfield
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by evashang 2y ago
When are you going to add non-tech companies? I'm constantly scanning bios like this for lawyers, especially on what types of law they practice and what types of cases they've done in the past.
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Generative AI profits off your code. Make them pay for it(paytotrain.ai)
40 points by evashang 4y ago|54 comments
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by evashang 4y ago
TL;DR our lawyers wrote a clause to protect open source code from being used by generative AI companies for profit. You can find it here: paytotrain.ai A legal grey area exists as to whether publicly available creations (code or art) can be
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Legalist (YC S16) is hiring senior Python developer to help fund lawsuits(angel.co)
1 points by evashang 8y ago
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I fought Equifax's lawyers in court and won: Part 2(medium.com)
333 points by evashang 9y ago|68 comments
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Taking Equifax to Small Claims Court(medium.com)
194 points by evashang 9y ago|56 comments
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by evashang 9y ago
Legalist is repaid only in the event you recover money directly!
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by evashang 9y ago
Hey! As you'll find on our website, we take a third of the judgment as a contingency stake, as per our usual practice.
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by evashang 9y ago
Absolutely! The only authorized representatives are company officers or lawyers, and many small claims courts don't allow lawyers. So unless the CEO of Equifax attends every court hearing in the country, or unless the judge allows them
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by evashang 9y ago
Just a clarification - while there are multiple class action lawsuits against Equifax, Legalist is funding individual consumers to take action in small claims court. It's faster and you're likely to recover more.
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by evashang 9y ago
Litigation finance is like a contingency arrangement - if you file the case and the judge dismisses it, there's no risk to you. But if you do file the case and win $1000, we'll recover alongside you.
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Tell HN: We'll pay for you to sue Equifax
216 points by evashang 9y ago|94 comments
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Legalist (YC S16) is hiring software engineers, data scientists(legalist.us)
1 points by evashang 9y ago