Jed Dwyer

@SMB_Attorney @Judge_Leben Helpful. I am not a transactional lawyer, so I didn’t catch this. In your post you used the term “ethically compliant” AI. As someone with limited AI experience, who litigates, and has seen lawyers get torn up over hallucinations - wldnt mind seeing posts on that.

I wanted to like this article, many people have sent it to me and tagged me, but there’s one HUGE problem with it: If the hypothetical used at the very beginning is referring to M&A, and I believe it is (as it says “an acquisition”), it’s unquestionably, beyond a shadow of a doubt, with 100% conviction, completely made up… and likely made up by AI. I’ll excerpt it below for your reference. Other M&A practitioners please chime in and tell me if you agree/disagree. I’ve closed hundreds of lower-middle-market M&A deals in the last few years and, to be frank, it’s a weird/fake example that discusses the interplay between the legal components, the parties, everything, in ways that make no sense. It’s the type of weird/fake hypothetical AI generates in your area of expertise that has you going “yeah, no, that’s not right at all.” Now, I don’t mean any disrespect to Zach, the author, and I was hesitant to post this at first, and I welcome him to tell me I’m wrong, and/or provide additional context to help clarify. To be fair, he acknowledges later in the article that he is not an M&A attorney and does non-M&A transactional work, so maybe I’m just off base… but I’m sure why then we lead with an M&A example? Now before you guys say, “Who cares, Eric?” “If the rest is true, why does it matter?” Or “You’re just salty about AI” blah blah blah, please pause for a second and think about how this impacts the totality of the piece and its subsequent assertions… Guys, the over-exuberance towards AI has people rushing to publish content and cash in on the frenzy. And, folks, some of that content is fabricated and is generated by, you guessed it, AI itself. And if the very first portion of this article is made up, and I honestly think it is, where does it end? As a reader, I just can’t get past that credibility miss. Now, is Claude Cowork going to be a powerful tool for law firms? Yes, of course, with time. We’re experimenting with implementing it in our firm, also, where we already use a variety of ethically compliant AI tools. But, to be frank, right now the data usage constraints are a huge problem and make rolling it out across our firm (a small- to medium-sized boutique) impractical for use cases like Zack described. Now, here is the hypothetical… I’m serious, I want people in M&A to tell me if they agree/disagree: “A few months ago, the night before a client’s acquisition was set to close, the buyer’s counsel sent a letter demanding that several key deal terms be restructured. New escrow conditions. Expanded indemnification carve-outs. A revised set of closing deliverables. The implicit threat: accept these changes or we walk. It was 7 PM. I uploaded the purchase agreement, the disclosure schedules, and the demand letter to Claude. Within minutes, Claude mapped every proposed change against the existing deal terms and found what the buyer’s lawyers apparently hadn’t noticed: two of their proposed carve-outs directly contradicted representations they had already confirmed in the disclosure schedules, and a third would have created an internal conflict with the fundamental reps section that would have actually weakened the buyer’s own post-closing protections. Their aggressive last-minute play had holes in it.”

@DietCoke_Esq Florida Tax controversy. Civil & criminal. First federal trial ended up in the Supreme Court.

Can’t find my old #lawtwitter referral chain so starting a new one—comment/quote your state, practice area/referrals you’re looking for + one (1) fun fact

@sahilkapur @whstancil @SenSchumer Meanwhile, on the other end of the nursing home from Scumer, his bestie Biden pardons the fam for all crimes. Enough. Lets just all move along.

.@SenSchumer: “The people who invaded the Capitol on January 6th, whether they committed violence or not, should not have been pardoned. They unlawfully broke into the Capitol to stop the peaceful transfer of power. What they did is a serious crime. Donald Trump is ushering in a Golden Age for people that break the law and attempt to overthrow the government.”

@KatiePhang Oof. Seems a little far afield. Did someone ask for that instruction?

David Pecker resumes his place at the witness stand. Judge Merchan addresses the jury directly to explain that the lawyers can meet with witnesses before they testify to go over their testimony, review possible exhibits, etc. and that it is perfectly acceptable to do so.

@JamesHSLevine I have never understood why people announce their firm in court. Its you (and team) and your client.

Every legal market has *that* firm. Their lawyers are convinced they are smarter. More pure. Who say the firm name with an inflection as if they were announcing themselves as French royalty. While all the other local lawyers roll their eyes and think, “This fucking guy again!”

@aubrey_huff Unfortunately for some - putting food on the table takes priority. I missed more than I wanted - but it was because I was providing. The majority want to be there. I did. Those who chose not to be there, and didnt go - chose that long ago. Before kids. Selfish is selfish.

I don’t understand how a parent could consistently choose a relationship over watching their kid play a baseball game. I couldn’t imagine doing that, nor wanting too. That’s a level of selfishness that I just can’t identify with.

@FergusPMcGrath Beautiful

Forget the last few weeks, This is us, This is the real Ireland. 💚 #RipShaneMacGowan #ShaneMacGowan twitter.com/gavreilly/stat…

@BradMossEsq Genocide is killing people. It means the deliberate killing - murder- of people to wipe out their race/ethnicity. Its morally repugnant. (PS: murder is illegal) If you cant say that chanting for KILLING and MURDERING people is a problem - you cant lead. Its not that complicated.

@ScottGreenfield Genocide is killing people. It means the deliberate killing - murder- of people to wipe out their race/ethnicity. Its morally repugnant. (PS: murder is illegal) If you cant say that chanting for KILLING and MURDERING people is a problem - you cant lead. Its not that complicated.

This has been a very bad day for Harvard's President Gay.

@RichardGrenell Genocide is killing people. It means the deliberate killing - murder- of people to wipe out their race/ethnicity. Its morally repugnant. (PS: murder is illegal) If you cant say that chanting for KILLING and MURDERING people is a problem - you cant lead. Its not that complicated.

@kevinbaum013 Genocide is killing people. It means the deliberate killing - murder- of people to wipe out their race/ethnicity. Its morally repugnant. (PS: murder is illegal) If you cant say that chanting for KILLING and MURDERING people is a problem - you cant lead. Its not that complicated.

I'm kind of surprised at the responses I've been seeing to this. Those responses are completely consistent with academic freedom and university free speech policies across the country. Colleges have put up with vile shit forever. Amy Wax still has a job (for now) after all.

@finedr1965 I always give a dry run of my closing argument to my wife, and sometimes the kids as well. I always walk away with a better more “commonsense” take. Invaluable.

Do you ever invite non-lawyer family or friends to watch or listen to your oral arguments online? I do, at least sometimes. I don’t do that in search of biased praise. I do it because there’s a lot to learn from those non-lawyers. 1/

@kevinbaum013 Funny. I appreciate the positive movement.

@jarededdie1 I'm open to a forced sale.

We need to use eminent domain to take Starlink. Whether or not you agree with this specific decision, having it controlled by a useful idiot is a national security risk.

@LawTrades The jury has a verdict

Terrify your lawyer in 5 words.

@JoyceWhiteVance Hmm. Not sure. Most prosecutors would force you to eat the charge and work down. This is an odd play. But I dont do Georgia state cases so maybe this is normal.

A plea to misdemeanor charges signals that prosecutors see high value in her testimony. Trump should be nervous. & it's likely she'll be a witness in the fed'l case too. Chesebro next?

@BradMossEsq 100%. That deal is a sweetheart.

@investing_law His reasons were that T&E was 9-5 and as you get older your clients needs would increase and naturally provide workflow.

@jarededdie1 why was he correct?

It's very popular for law students at top law schools to say they want to do M&A. 🤝 But it's because they don't actually know what M&A is. Or what the schedule entails.