Andrew Leahey, Jason Ramsland, Jacob Schumer

Esquiring Minds

This show is three lawyer friends goofing around for your enjoyment and occasionally brushing up on legal topics, and should not be taken as legal advice for you. Follow us [https://esq.social/@emp] on the fediverse, won't you? 

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Andrew Leahey, Jason Ramsland, Jacob Schumer

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Feb 2, 2024

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Episodes

Did Elon Musk Deserve $55 Billion? 02.02.2024

Mini-Topic: Disney Link: https://esq.social/@jacobschumer/111852556415303391 Main Topic: Elon Musk Link: https://esq.social/@annmlipton/111855062479332113 The Bill Comes Due - Prof. Ann Lipton Recommendations Jake: https://infinitewealth.sega.com/ Jason: https://www.amazon.com/Green-Glove-Dryer-Gloves-Shoes/dp/B07HYDRYYL?th=1 Andrew: https://www.overdrive.com/apps/libby

The One Where We Try To Draw Copyright Law From Memory 12.01.2024

We're back! With a mishmash episode. Few links, lots of shooting from the hip.  Winston Strawn Legal Filings Copyright Question The Boy and the Heron

The Only Podcast on OpenAI You'll Ever Need* 21.11.2023

*By us. Elon Musk Slams Accusations of Antisemitism as ‘Bogus’ | TIME OpenAI Shakeup Our structure Who Controls OpenAI? - Bloomberg https://www.threads.net/@itsmattslaw/post/Cz3sncIrHD9 95 Percent of OpenAI Employees Threaten to Follow Sam Altman Out the Door | WIRED Meet the Board of OpenAI Who Pushed Out Sam Altman - WSJ https://s.wsj.net/public/resources/documents/openai-letter-board-2023.pdf T...

Condolences to Omegle, Real Estate Agents and SBF 10.11.2023

Real-estate class action lawsuit against realtors: Attorney says it costs homebuyers $60 billion per year in commissions | Fortune NAR lawsuit: After a $1.8 billion verdict, the clock is ticking on the 6% real estate commission | CNN Business Sam Bankman-Fried found guilty on all seven criminal fraud counts https://jacobschumer.com/2023/10/31/alan-wake-wrote-about-me/ https://www.youtube.com/watch...

Is This an Image of an Elven Woman Smoking a Vape Pen? 27.10.2023

Logic Games dropped from the LSAT This new data poisoning tool lets artists fight back against generative AI | MIT Technology Review X, formerly Twitter, tests charging new users $1 a year to use basic features - CBS News Proposed advisory opinion on Lawyers’ and Law Firms’ Use of Generative Artificial Intelligence – The Florida Bar Corbin Carroll is one of the fastest baseball players ever and ca...

Chess, Fraud, Patreon and Baseball 06.10.2023

https://twitter.com/JenShahade/status/1707039851642495423?s=20 https://www.chess.com/news/view/st-louis-chess-club-issues-statement-on-alejandro-ramirez https://www.engadget.com/patreon-overhauls-its-platform-with-free-content-and-more-creator-control-202357279.html https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2023/04/15/school-chess-class-clubs/

Full Business Brain 22.09.2023

Mini-Topic: Judge Newman Being Suspended ‘Simply losing it’: Bitter fight brews over federal judge’s forced retirement effort | The Hill https://cafc.uscourts.gov/wp-content/uploads/JudicialMisconductOrders/September%2020,%202023%20Judicial%20Council%20Order.pdf Judge, 96, suspended over mental fitness concerns (axios.com) Main topic: Unity Engine Disaster EGDF calls for EU regulation on non-negot...

Supreme Court Barbeque 08.09.2023

Mini-Topic: Musk ADL - Elon Musk threatens to sue Anti-Defamation League over lost X revenue Main topic: Your car could be capturing data on your sex life https://www.techdirt.com/2023/09/07/mozilla-modern-cars-are-a-privacy-shitshow/ X Plans to Collect Biometric Data, Job and School History (3)

Strike While the Blood is Gushing and Romancing the Bear 18.08.2023

Lewis Brisbois Defector Firm Loses 25 Attorneys, Marking Its End Twitter begins throttling all links to Threads, Instagram, news outlets, and more - 9to5Mac Trump Fourth Indictment Lays Out Sweeping Georgia Election Plot Twitter begins throttling all links to Threads, Instagram, news outlets, and more - 9to5Mac Thomson Reuters Completes Its $650M Acquisition of Casetext | LawSites Baldur's Gate 3...

SAG/WGA, Tupac, Barbenheimer, X, and Aliens 27.07.2023

From Twitter to X: Elon Musk Begins Erasing an Iconic Internet Brand - The New York Times Meta, Microsoft, hundreds more own trademarks to new Twitter name | CNN Business ‘Barbie’ Pissed Ben Shapiro Off So Bad He Made a 40-Minute Video About It | Them ‘Barbie’ Seems to Have Destroyed Ben Shapiro What Happened When SAG and the WGA Went on Strike in 1960 | Time Why Actors Are Going on Strike | Time

Wimbledon, Twitter, Threads and the Grand Marshal of the Boo Boo Parade 13.07.2023

Mini-Topic: Wimbledon AI Commentators https://www.wimbledon.com/en_GB/video/media/1579db894840bfe89d5480ca4cd546e8.html REAL TOPICS: Twitter Rate Limiting Meltdown Twitter puts strict cap on how many tweets users can read each day | Engadget https://www.engadget.com/twitter-says-it-couldnt-tell-people-about-rate-limiting-in-advance-183928265.html Twitter silently removes login requirement for view...

Oakland A's, ChatGPT Lawyer Story Musings and Reddit Dumpster Fire 23.06.2023

Oakland A’s fans stage reverse boycott | CNN ChatGPT Avianca - https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.nysd.575368/gov.uscourts.nysd.575368.54.0_3.pdf Elon/Zuck Cage Match - Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg agree to hold cage fight - BBC News Reddit ongoing dumpster fire - Reddit CEO Steve Huffman is fighting a losing battle against the site's moderators , Reddit Message Boards Stay Dark...

We Just Name Old Websites - But Also, ChatGPT Lawyer, Binance, Lewis Brisbois 09.06.2023

Lawyer’s AI Blunder Shows Perils of ChatGPT in ‘Early Days’ Lawyer Who Used ChatGPT Faces Penalty for Made Up Citations - The New York Times Coinbase And Binance Are in Big Trouble; One of Them Could Collapse - The Street Crypto: Bitcoin and cryptocurrency news, advice, analysis and more https://twitter.com/patio11/status/1665759607153893381?s=20

Putting Koroks on a Spit 26.05.2023

Under ethics pressure, California state bar advances lawyer 'snitch' rule | Reuters Oakland A’s Move to Vegas Is Costly Gamble for Nevada Taxpayers Elon Musk wants to build a digital town square. But his debut for DeSantis had a tech failure. | AP News A new bar exam is coming. Here's what it will test. | Reuters

We Do This for Us, Any Quality Is Purely Accidental 12.05.2023

Elon Musk threatens to reassign @NPR on Twitter to 'another company' Goodbye Twitter: Techdirt Will Soon End Our Automated Posting 100-Plus Lewis Brisbois Lawyers Exit for New Employment Firm (1) Lewis Brisbois Founder Steps Down After 100-Plus Lawyers Exit Ed Sheeran Didn’t Copy Marvin Gaye’s 1973 Classic, Jury Says SCOTUSRoBlog - A blog about the Supreme Court written entirely by robots. Laya’s...

Blue Check Twitter, but Mostly Disney District #Jakedown #Upjake #Hotjakes 28.04.2023

Not really any links for this one, Jake IS THE SOURCE. But, if you must: https://www.npr.org/transcripts/1172387897 https://www.wftv.com/rss-snd/florida-lawmakers-file-amendment-go-after-disney-monorail/37NGRTNL4BG7BGHA5JXNHNWFGI/

I'll Tell You What, Cardozo Was a Good Looking Man 14.04.2023

Twitter Inc. has been merged with X Corp. and “no longer exists,” Elon Musk’s company says in a court filing. (slate.com)   NPR Quits Twitter - https://twitter.com/oliverdarcy/status/1646140104640004098   PBS left too - https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-04-12/pbs-joins-npr-in-quitting-twitter-over-state-backed-designation Twitter partners with eToro to let users trade stocks,...

You Move the Mountain, No Questions 07.04.2023

‘You are online 24/7’: Paul Hastings associate goes viral with list of ‘non-negotiable expectations’ - Legal Cheek Despite Disney’s Legal Moves, DeSantis Land Board Wields Power All The Billion-Dollar Biglaw Firms: A Look At The Am Law 100 Twitter’s Algorithm Source Code Explained (2023) Elon Musk Says He Had No Idea His Name Was Encoded Into Twitter's Algorithm | IFLScience

Nobody Has Any Chill - Also, Reedy Creek Updates 31.03.2023

https://www.cnn.com/2023/03/30/politics/donald-trump-indictment/index.html Samsung's AI photo feature adds creepy teeth to baby photos | Boing Boing Binance, CEO Zhao Sued by US Over ‘Sham’ Compliance Measures (4) Twitter says source code was leaked on GitHub, now it’s trying to find the culprit - The Verge https://www.crazyforcrust.com/best-chocolate-chip-cookie-recipe/

The End of Trust and Credit Suisse is Worth About 3 Nutrabolts 24.03.2023

https://www.abajournal.com/news/article/former-biglaw-attorney-gets-one-year-suspension-for-trading-on-information-learned-as-conflicts-counsel https://www.cnn.com/2023/03/23/tech/tiktok-ceo-hearing/index.html https://www.reuters.com/legal/coinbase-issued-wells-notice-by-sec-2023-03-22/ https://www.cbsnews.com/news/credit-suisse-shares-down-ubs-takeover/

This is Not That Kind of Podcast - Fixed Audio 17.03.2023

https://www.politico.com/news/2023/03/07/senate-white-house-tiktok-ban-00085998 https://www.nytimes.com/article/svb-silicon-valley-bank-collapse-timeline.html

Apologies for Bad Audio 03.03.2023

Hey! Sorry that last episode is sans-Jake. We don't like it any more than you do. We're leaving it up because a lot of your already downloaded it and there might be some bits to pull out if you're really in to the show. Far be it from us to deprive you of entertainment. Anyway, we'll be back next week with our usual crew! 

You Can Only Do This Joke Once - But Also, Security for Lawyers and more AI 03.03.2023

https://www.wsj.com/articles/apple-iphone-security-theft-passcode-data-privacya-basic-iphone-feature-helps-criminals-steal-your-digital-life-cbf14b1a https://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2023/02/27/beware-rogue-2fa-apps-in-app-store-and-google-play-dont-get-hacked/ https://www.ftc.gov/business-guidance/blog/2023/02/keep-your-ai-claims-check

Section 230 and How to Destroy the Internet 24.02.2023

https://www.lawnext.com/2023/02/filevine-unveils-ai-driven-immigration-forms-accounting-integration-with-oracle-netsuite-and-a-broad-vision-for-ai.html https://www.abajournal.com/news/article/former-associate-must-repay-law-firm-for-failing-to-bill-promised-hours-top-state-court-says https://www.scotusblog.com/case-files/cases/gonzalez-v-google-llc/ https://www.techspot.com/news/97658-twitter-sms-...

Jake Was Right, More DoNotPay Hilarity and AI is Unhinged 17.02.2023

This one? All follow-up and mini topics. Jason has COVID (probably) and Jake has been run ragged. Andrew is Andrew, so we're all compromised in our own way.  https://www.wsj.com/articles/law-firms-turn-to-layoffs-amid-slowing-demand-73684306 https://news.bloombergtax.com/daily-tax-report/disney-avoids-political-war-by-giving-up-battle-for-reedy-creek https://twitter.com/KathrynTewson/status/1...

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