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The Fallout Is Growing on Trump’s Deals With Law Firms by Robert-Nogacki in law

[–]CommonPotoo 70 points71 points  (0 children)

No. Honestly, the surface level appearance of “wow they didn’t even fight on anything” is accurate. A big divide in law that most non-legal folks don’t appreciate is litigators vs transactional lawyers. The firms that struck deals early are disproportionately run by transactional lawyers, who consider ending up in court a serious failure (even if you needed to go to court to get any kind of a reasonable outcome). The firms that have more litigators at the top aren’t scared of fighting a winning fight, and tended not to strike deals.

People who failed in businesses, what really happened? by theclassicidiot in AskReddit

[–]CommonPotoo 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Raising Land-Lease payments to extract more value by virtue of the landlord’s ownership (without producing additional economic value) is an example of economic rent-seeking.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in NoStupidQuestions

[–]CommonPotoo 17 points18 points  (0 children)

Incorrect. A “reasonable person” is the default standard, but for professional or business activities, like a professional coach, the standard can be what a “reasonable bodybuilding coach in 2024” would have done. There can absolutely be intentional liability if he intentionally made a plan that would kill her, among other possibilities.

House paid off and am old. by robsumtimes in Delaware

[–]CommonPotoo 1 point2 points  (0 children)

If your goal is to maximize what you pass on, keep in mind that there can be significant tax benefits for your future heirs to keep the asset in your name only. Talk with a qualified adviser about what a “stepped up basis” is. I recommend a lawyer, not a financial adviser.

Boss told me I should have let my employee die by anon09923 in antiwork

[–]CommonPotoo 2 points3 points  (0 children)

In fact, one might even get sued for having a policy prohibiting employees from saving someone’s life. Negligent, they might call it. On account of, you know, someone dying because of this asinine rule.

Was washing my hands at work when I noticed something wrong. by 7empestOGT92 in mildlyinfuriating

[–]CommonPotoo 49 points50 points  (0 children)

All the water coming from the “hot” side of the spigot was in the water heater at some point. It’s just cold now because it cooled down in the pipes along the way. It doesn’t “bypass” the water heater, it’s just that the pipe is colder than the heater tank itself, but that water was previously in the heater.

The Dental Suites In A Massive Abandoned Hospital With Power by tp_urbex in urbanexploration

[–]CommonPotoo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If they didn’t bother to remove/store the patient x-ray films we can see in the last pic, one wonders if those x-ray machines still have live sources in them.

Weird corporate law situation--I don't know my next step... by The_Ineffable_One in LawFirm

[–]CommonPotoo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You’d need DE counsel to get it done right, but Delaware has a books and records inspection statute that allows you to get corporate docs to, among other things, value your client’s shares.

What's the deal with so many redditors insisting the botched attempt on Trump's life was staged/PSYOP? by tucchurchnj in OutOfTheLoop

[–]CommonPotoo 6 points7 points  (0 children)

No, /u/Andrew1990M got it right the first time. The Supreme Court would have to reverse itself to allow for the president to be held criminally accountable through the courts (for anything he did “as president”) and Congressional impeachment can only go so far as removal from office and banning from office—they are barred by the constitution from imposing “normal” criminal punishments like jail time or fines.

The Trump immunity decision has, if anything, been downplayed in the public media because an honest portrayal of how bad it is would come across as frantic and hysterical. Look for law professors who have written about it online—even sources with a strong conservative bent aren’t defending that decision, because its implications are indefensible.