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Elon Musk calls for Cooley associate to be fired, Cooley refuses; Musk fires Coo

A partner at law firm Cooley LLP got an unexpected call late...
overrated stimulating lodge
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cream business firm
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The real story here is that the associate was able to go bac...
diverse abnormal garrison
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He's pushing back against the corruption of having lawyers g...
impertinent abode mad-dog skullcap
  01/15/22
I know the revolving door thing can be troubling, but I also...
diverse abnormal garrison
  01/15/22
You're underestimating how corrupt fed agencies are.
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Again this makes no sense in this context
coral water buffalo
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Cooley prbly prefers a pissed off Tesla over a pissed off SE...
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vermilion alpha
  01/18/22
Every former SEC or CFTC atty that later went into pvt prac ...
cerebral elite heaven wagecucks
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unintentionally*
Umber parlour
  01/15/22
This is nonsense. It isn’t corruption. It’s how ...
Awkward Narrow-minded Juggernaut
  01/15/22
That turd Chopra knows what's up. They're gonna kill him soo...
impertinent abode mad-dog skullcap
  01/15/22
This makes no sense. The revolving door problem is when indu...
coral water buffalo
  01/16/22
is he really pushing back against corruption? i read this as...
milky hyperactive black woman partner
  01/17/22
Fuck off boot licker. Seems like a pretty good reason to me....
Splenetic nursing home boltzmann
  01/15/22
Lol yep Elon should continue giving them millions and stop a...
maize prole
  01/15/22
agree. elon comes across like a petty bully here
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  01/15/22
Dishonest article. Dr Cummings sits on the board of an auto ...
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impertinent abode mad-dog skullcap
  01/16/22
180 fuck elon, Biglaw has the REAL POWER here
Costumed Digit Ratio
  01/15/22
Seems like a reasonable response.
Lake Scourge Upon The Earth Plaza
  01/15/22
I think it is sort of shitty of Musk to do this given that l...
Laughsome school
  01/15/22
He looks like a butt hurt faggot, which he is
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Musk is 180
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Splenetic nursing home boltzmann
  01/15/22
Oh no he fired his lawyers?!?! Shameful.
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  01/15/22
Dick move on Musk’s part. Also a waste of shareholder...
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  01/15/22
Everyone involved is a big boy. I'm not going to get too wor...
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Up to speed on what? Any new firm will gladly write off tha...
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bonkers background story boistinker
  01/15/22
Sure. That could happen.
outnumbered puppy
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underhanded legal warrant philosopher-king
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Won't someone think of the shareholders
Bistre Orchestra Pit
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Those poor shareholders who only 8xed their money this year!...
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jade church building party of the first part
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lawyer should sue
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This isn't my area, but isn't there some argument you can ma...
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jade church building party of the first part
  01/16/22
argument with respect to what? the lawyer in question wasn&r...
talented demanding area lettuce
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all of elon's antics that have "no impact on the compan...
jade church building party of the first part
  01/16/22
>literally everyone who owns this stock does so because t...
Concupiscible Goal In Life
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180 move by musk
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Judges on the 9th Circus, err Circuit, allegedly told K&...
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and the partner's name was evan39
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Update This didn’t happen
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EVERYBODY DANCE NOW
Drunken international law enforcement agency
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meh. everyone did the right thing here. Elon's right. Cooley...
underhanded legal warrant philosopher-king
  01/15/22
why are birdshit ceos like elon lil bitches? pradeep CEO's a...
french balding hospital
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idk man, seems reasonable to be pissed at a firm that you pa...
bonkers background story boistinker
  01/15/22
the fuking associate didnt work on any of elon's cases so fu...
french balding hospital
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nah man he's right
bonkers background story boistinker
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(birdshit girlie man)
french balding hospital
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"why can't birdshit ceos be rule following bug people a...
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jade church building party of the first part
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serve corrupt masters in a capricious manner and there's CON...
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bonkers background story boistinker
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Revolving doors are the worst kind
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It's a shame that a man who brought electric cars mainstream...
Aromatic Locus Nibblets
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Cooley for some reason is seen as a “good to” fi...
godawful university
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He should take the lawyers wife to dubai and send him videos...
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It's a way to send a message to intimidate regulators now an...
avocado cruise ship
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Who cares, as long as Elon is pwning biglaw libs
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I'm not necessarily against it
avocado cruise ship
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xo loves sucking up to this oligarch
coral water buffalo
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the whole reason elon is who he is and got to where he is is...
jade church building party of the first part
  01/16/22
This seems like the sensible route.
cerebral elite heaven wagecucks
  01/16/22
I’m not surprised. Tesla leaving will barely affect ...
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lol at this “profession” just lol
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Same investors who took Dell private were in talks with Elon...
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Dude was probably a dick to elon when he was a regulator. Ho...
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Sometimes being a good lawyer means being a dick to the othe...
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Having a hard time understanding how an SEC lawyer low enoug...
bright gas station brethren
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same. it's a plum gig. should go to a 20+ year career typ...
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“David said to let that summer associate from the Seat...
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"I think he's on isle 12"
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180 to see lawyers not act like cucks for once
Concupiscible Goal In Life
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Virtually guarantee that tesla-originating partner pushed fo...
bright gas station brethren
  01/17/22
Of course he did. It only surprising the firm didn't acquies...
Garnet Lascivious Forum
  01/17/22
There’s clearly a missing piece to the puzzle
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cerebral elite heaven wagecucks
  01/17/22
i'm not surprised. elon didn't have a valid reason why the ...
milky hyperactive black woman partner
  01/17/22
You think if Elon would have mumbled a little something abou...
outnumbered puppy
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Only if there was a legit issue. I wonder what biglol firm w...
milky hyperactive black woman partner
  01/17/22
There must be a relationship partner that brought tesla in t...
cerebral elite heaven wagecucks
  01/18/22
good point. if tesla was a significant portion of his book, ...
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I think they're afraid of the potential press, not the prece...
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Elon Musk is an evil individual
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Date: January 15th, 2022 6:54 PM
Author: overrated stimulating lodge

A partner at law firm Cooley LLP got an unexpected call late last year from a lawyer for one of the firm’s most famous clients, Elon Musk’s Tesla Inc., TSLA 1.75% with an ultimatum.

The world’s richest man wanted Cooley, which was representing Tesla in numerous lawsuits, to fire one of its attorneys or it would lose the electric-vehicle company’s business, people familiar with the matter said.

The target of Mr. Musk’s ire was a former U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission lawyer whom Cooley had hired for its securities litigation and enforcement practice and who had no involvement in the firm’s work for Tesla. At the SEC, the attorney had interviewed Mr. Musk during the agency’s investigation of the Tesla chief executive’s 2018 tweet claiming, wrongly, to have secured funding to potentially take the electric-vehicle maker private.

The probe resulted in a settlement in which Mr. Musk agreed to resign as chairman and pay a $20 million fine. He also agreed to have a Tesla lawyer review in advance tweets about certain topics, including the company’s financial results, sales numbers and proposed business combinations.

Cooley has declined to fire the attorney, who remains an associate at the firm, the people said. Since early December, Tesla has begun taking steps in several cases to replace Cooley or add additional counsel, legal documents show. Mr. Musk’s rocket company Space Exploration Technologies Corp., also known as SpaceX, has stopped using Cooley for regulatory work, according to people familiar with the matter.

Neither Tesla, SpaceX, nor Mr. Musk responded to requests for comment.

The interaction with Cooley points to a bigger pattern for Mr. Musk: Long dismissive of regulators, he has recently aimed his ire at individuals with ties to regulatory agencies with which he has sparred.

Often, he expresses his displeasure on Twitter, where he has roughly 70 million followers. His comments often lead to an online army rallying to his cause.

This past fall, he turned his sights on a longtime critic of Tesla’s advanced driver-assistance technology, Mary “Missy” Cummings, a researcher on how people interact with autonomous systems who was named as an adviser to the top U.S. auto safety regulator.

The agency had just opened an investigation into Tesla’s advanced driver-assistance technology after a series of crashes in which Teslas ran into one or more parked emergency vehicles. Such probes can lead to recalls, and this was shaping up to be one of the agency’s most extensive investigations to date of advanced driver-assistance technology.

Dr. Cummings, a Duke University engineering professor, had been critical of Tesla’s advanced driver-assistance system known as Autopilot. A study published last year that she co-wrote found that the company’s technology, which doesn’t make vehicles autonomous, performed inconsistently.

Tesla has said that driving with Autopilot engaged is safer than doing so without it.

Mr. Musk, once her appointment became public, tweeted: “Objectively, her track record is extremely biased against Tesla.” A barrage of online attacks on Dr. Cummings by Tesla supporters ensued, several of them vulgar.

A petition launched on Change.org called on the agency, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, to rescind her appointment over a perceived conflict of interest. The petition, which has since been removed from the platform, received tens of thousands of signatures.

In the wake of the outcry, the agency privately required Dr. Cummings to recuse herself from any Tesla-specific matters, according to people familiar with the matter.

A spokeswoman for the U.S. Department of Transportation confirmed Dr. Cummings’s recusal. She didn’t respond to a question about whether the social-media criticism influenced the decision.

It isn’t unusual for companies to take issue with government officials they fear will hurt their interests, whether through campaign contributions to influence public policy or legal action. Amazon.com Inc. and Facebook, now Meta Platforms Inc., have, unsuccessfully, sought the recusal of Federal Trade Commission Chair Lina Khan from antitrust matters involving the companies. Before taking the role, Ms. Khan had been critical of the online giants.

Mr. Musk stands out for expressing his criticism in pointed, sometimes disparaging and public remarks.

Mr. Musk has said that he agrees with regulators 99.9% of the time. “On rare occasions, we disagree. This is almost always due to new technologies that past regulations didn’t anticipate,” he tweeted last year.

Early in the pandemic, Mr. Musk took aim at a high-ranking county health official in California over government orders that the company’s Fremont, Calif., vehicle assembly plant remain closed to slow the spread of Covid-19.

“Tesla is filing a lawsuit against Alameda County immediately. The unelected & ignorant “Interim Health Officer” of Alameda is acting contrary to the Governor, the President, our Constitutional freedoms & just plain common sense!” Mr. Musk tweeted. The company later sued the county.

Two days later, he said Tesla was resuming production in defiance of local authorities. Soon after, the county cleared Tesla to increase activity at the plant. A spokeswoman for the county’s public health department said Mr. Musk’s public criticism didn’t influence the county’s decision to green light the Tesla activity.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5008258&forum_id=2#43790038)



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Date: January 15th, 2022 6:54 PM
Author: cream business firm



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5008258&forum_id=2#43790041)



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Date: January 15th, 2022 7:00 PM
Author: diverse abnormal garrison

The real story here is that the associate was able to go back to a firm without getting to a position at the SEC that enabled him to go back as a partner. If young, shrewd. Probably a good lawyer. Also xo Elon shouldn’t pull shit like this. Just not nice to want to fuck a lawyer out of his or her career without good reason (which seems to be the case here).

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5008258&forum_id=2#43790091)



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Date: January 15th, 2022 7:02 PM
Author: impertinent abode mad-dog skullcap

He's pushing back against the corruption of having lawyers go between regulators and law enforcement.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5008258&forum_id=2#43790100)



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Date: January 15th, 2022 7:24 PM
Author: diverse abnormal garrison

I know the revolving door thing can be troubling, but I also don't want people in government practice for life. That's also a path to corruption. I rather they have some recent relevant industry experience so they aren't completely off their rockers when in government.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5008258&forum_id=2#43790232)



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Date: January 15th, 2022 7:25 PM
Author: impertinent abode mad-dog skullcap

You're underestimating how corrupt fed agencies are.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5008258&forum_id=2#43790236)



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Date: January 15th, 2022 9:25 PM
Author: Cobalt Public Bath Laser Beams



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Date: January 15th, 2022 10:51 PM
Author: submissive jap parlor



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5008258&forum_id=2#43791074)



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Date: January 16th, 2022 9:58 AM
Author: jade church building party of the first part



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5008258&forum_id=2#43792035)



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Date: January 16th, 2022 6:18 PM
Author: Fear-inspiring elastic band fanboi



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5008258&forum_id=2#43794581)



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Date: January 16th, 2022 6:59 PM
Author: coral water buffalo

Again this makes no sense in this context

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5008258&forum_id=2#43794798)



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Date: January 16th, 2022 7:50 PM
Author: cerebral elite heaven wagecucks

Cooley prbly prefers a pissed off Tesla over a pissed off SEC.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5008258&forum_id=2#43795045)



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Date: January 18th, 2022 11:29 AM
Author: vermilion alpha



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Date: January 15th, 2022 7:47 PM
Author: cerebral elite heaven wagecucks

Every former SEC or CFTC atty that later went into pvt prac that I have encountered has been an insufferable asshole.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5008258&forum_id=2#43790320)



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Date: January 15th, 2022 7:58 PM
Author: Umber parlour

unintentionally*

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5008258&forum_id=2#43790364)



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Date: January 15th, 2022 10:02 PM
Author: Awkward Narrow-minded Juggernaut

This is nonsense. It isn’t corruption. It’s how you learn both sides of the trade which is why people with government experience are so valuable to firms—because they actually comprehend the practical mechanics and nuances of enforcement. People with government experience who go to private practice tend to be among the LEAST corruptible people you encounter in biglaw. Having said that, I agree with the other comment down thread that they can also be self-righteous faggots, but that’s a different issue.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5008258&forum_id=2#43790920)



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Date: January 15th, 2022 11:07 PM
Author: impertinent abode mad-dog skullcap

That turd Chopra knows what's up. They're gonna kill him soon.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5008258&forum_id=2#43791125)



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Date: January 16th, 2022 6:58 PM
Author: coral water buffalo

This makes no sense. The revolving door problem is when industry insiders become regulators. Not regulators who go to work in a law firm.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5008258&forum_id=2#43794791)



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Date: January 17th, 2022 10:14 AM
Author: milky hyperactive black woman partner

is he really pushing back against corruption? i read this as him being butthurt about the SEC matter and taking it out on some lawyer who was just doing his job? what was the SEC guy supposed to do, refuse to interview him? if he went to the firm as an associate, he wasn't a shotcaller at the SEC, he was a drone.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5008258&forum_id=2#43797299)



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Date: January 15th, 2022 8:30 PM
Author: Splenetic nursing home boltzmann

Fuck off boot licker. Seems like a pretty good reason to me. Sorry you're a bitch.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5008258&forum_id=2#43790487)



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Date: January 15th, 2022 9:03 PM
Author: maize prole

Lol yep Elon should continue giving them millions and stop asking questions

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5008258&forum_id=2#43790660)



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Date: January 15th, 2022 9:27 PM
Author: hairless property cumskin

agree. elon comes across like a petty bully here

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5008258&forum_id=2#43790779)



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Date: January 15th, 2022 7:22 PM
Author: Laughsome school

Dishonest article. Dr Cummings sits on the board of an auto company that uses LIDAR. Tesla thinks LIDAR is impractical. Now she is in a position where she can regulate everyone into using....LIDAR. It's insane that we allow people in regulatory capactiy to hold an economic interest in what they're regulating - but that is probably the case in like 90% of these fuckers.



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5008258&forum_id=2#43790227)



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Date: January 15th, 2022 9:00 PM
Author: Indigo feces set



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Date: January 15th, 2022 9:01 PM
Author: submissive jap parlor



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Date: January 15th, 2022 9:03 PM
Author: provocative olive point pozpig



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Date: January 15th, 2022 9:08 PM
Author: Fluffy nowag box office



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Date: January 15th, 2022 9:29 PM
Author: Cobalt Public Bath Laser Beams



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5008258&forum_id=2#43790784)



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Date: January 15th, 2022 11:53 PM
Author: Sienna fragrant rehab



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5008258&forum_id=2#43791238)



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Date: January 16th, 2022 12:09 AM
Author: impertinent abode mad-dog skullcap



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5008258&forum_id=2#43791262)



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Date: January 15th, 2022 7:23 PM
Author: Costumed Digit Ratio

180 fuck elon, Biglaw has the REAL POWER here

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5008258&forum_id=2#43790230)



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Date: January 15th, 2022 7:25 PM
Author: Lake Scourge Upon The Earth Plaza

Seems like a reasonable response.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5008258&forum_id=2#43790235)



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Date: January 15th, 2022 7:26 PM
Author: Laughsome school

I think it is sort of shitty of Musk to do this given that law firms are really soulless enterprises and this dude had nothing to do with Musks stuff.

However, I get it from Musk's perspective. If you believe someone was an incompetent asshole, and someone you do business with hires that company, it is perfectly reasonable to go elsewhere.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5008258&forum_id=2#43790240)



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Date: January 15th, 2022 7:56 PM
Author: Garnet Lascivious Forum

He looks like a butt hurt faggot, which he is

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5008258&forum_id=2#43790358)



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Date: January 15th, 2022 10:29 PM
Author: Electric hunting ground pistol



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Date: January 15th, 2022 8:00 PM
Author: Swashbuckling kitchen

Musk is 180

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5008258&forum_id=2#43790376)



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Date: January 15th, 2022 8:31 PM
Author: Splenetic nursing home boltzmann



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5008258&forum_id=2#43790488)



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Date: January 15th, 2022 8:26 PM
Author: Boyish sandwich bbw

Oh no he fired his lawyers?!?! Shameful.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5008258&forum_id=2#43790467)



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Date: January 15th, 2022 8:33 PM
Author: Well-lubricated bisexual indian lodge

Dick move on Musk’s part. Also a waste of shareholder money to switch firms.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5008258&forum_id=2#43790502)



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Date: January 15th, 2022 8:37 PM
Author: outnumbered puppy

Everyone involved is a big boy. I'm not going to get too worked up about some rough play. The first-order effect is to cause Tesla to spend money getting another firm up to speed, but discouraging regulation might be worth it.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5008258&forum_id=2#43790522)



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Date: January 15th, 2022 9:00 PM
Author: Indigo feces set



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5008258&forum_id=2#43790643)



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Date: January 15th, 2022 9:01 PM
Author: submissive jap parlor



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5008258&forum_id=2#43790648)



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Date: January 15th, 2022 10:13 PM
Author: lilac stirring striped hyena

Up to speed on what? Any new firm will gladly write off that learning time for a couple years of Tesla work

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5008258&forum_id=2#43790970)



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Date: January 15th, 2022 10:15 PM
Author: bonkers background story boistinker



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5008258&forum_id=2#43790982)



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Date: January 15th, 2022 10:53 PM
Author: outnumbered puppy

Sure. That could happen.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5008258&forum_id=2#43791081)



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Date: January 15th, 2022 10:58 PM
Author: underhanded legal warrant philosopher-king



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5008258&forum_id=2#43791096)



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Date: January 15th, 2022 9:19 PM
Author: Bistre Orchestra Pit

Won't someone think of the shareholders

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5008258&forum_id=2#43790750)



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Date: January 15th, 2022 11:21 PM
Author: Aromatic Locus Nibblets

Those poor shareholders who only 8xed their money this year! Maybe EPS could be 0.000000000000000001% higher if they kept Cooley lol

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5008258&forum_id=2#43791159)



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Date: January 15th, 2022 11:21 PM
Author: bonkers background story boistinker



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5008258&forum_id=2#43791161)



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Date: January 16th, 2022 9:49 AM
Author: jade church building party of the first part



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5008258&forum_id=2#43791999)



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Date: January 15th, 2022 9:04 PM
Author: disturbing marvelous ceo

lawyer should sue

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5008258&forum_id=2#43790663)



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Date: January 15th, 2022 9:04 PM
Author: Indigo feces set

This isn't my area, but isn't there some argument you can make like "literally everyone who owns this stock does so because they trust this one man's judgment?" I mean does anyone even know the name of a single other Tesla executive? How does one persuade a judge that Elon Musk made a bad call?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5008258&forum_id=2#43790666)



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Date: January 15th, 2022 10:19 PM
Author: razzle church



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5008258&forum_id=2#43790992)



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Date: January 16th, 2022 9:50 AM
Author: jade church building party of the first part



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5008258&forum_id=2#43792002)



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Date: January 16th, 2022 10:02 AM
Author: talented demanding area lettuce

argument with respect to what? the lawyer in question wasn’t even working on Tesla’s stuff. his employment there has no impact on the company. this is just him being vindictive

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5008258&forum_id=2#43792048)



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Date: January 16th, 2022 10:18 AM
Author: jade church building party of the first part

all of elon's antics that have "no impact on the company" are the whole reason the stock trades at a 340 p/e ratio and has a larger market cap than the next five largest automakers combined.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5008258&forum_id=2#43792125)



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Date: January 17th, 2022 12:08 AM
Author: Concupiscible Goal In Life

>literally everyone who owns this stock does so because they trust this one man's judgment?

It's probably a safe bet that most Tesla shares are not directly owned by Joe Bluecollars but rather by sophisticated institutional investors who likely know about Tesla's fundamentals and governance structure.

How the fuck did this site get so retarded

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5008258&forum_id=2#43796178)



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Date: January 15th, 2022 9:16 PM
Author: bonkers background story boistinker

180 move by musk

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5008258&forum_id=2#43790728)



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Date: January 15th, 2022 9:22 PM
Author: bronze crotch

Judges on the 9th Circus, err Circuit, allegedly told K&L Gates to fire one of their partners, else things would go badly for their clients with matters in the 9th Circus, err Circuit. The partner was allegedly embroiled in a nasty divorce with ol' Alex Kozinski's son. I have no idea if the story is true, all I know is the partner hung out a shingle as a solo

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5008258&forum_id=2#43790766)



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Date: January 15th, 2022 9:24 PM
Author: nighttime corner



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5008258&forum_id=2#43790773)



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Date: January 15th, 2022 9:28 PM
Author: hairless property cumskin

and the partner's name was evan39

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5008258&forum_id=2#43790780)



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Date: January 15th, 2022 10:06 PM
Author: mewling friendly grandma place of business

Update This didn’t happen

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5008258&forum_id=2#43790940)



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Date: January 16th, 2022 10:12 AM
Author: Drunken international law enforcement agency

EVERYBODY DANCE NOW

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5008258&forum_id=2#43792097)



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Date: January 15th, 2022 9:53 PM
Author: underhanded legal warrant philosopher-king

meh. everyone did the right thing here. Elon's right. Cooley's right.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5008258&forum_id=2#43790886)



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Date: January 15th, 2022 10:00 PM
Author: french balding hospital

why are birdshit ceos like elon lil bitches? pradeep CEO's are chill and kind

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5008258&forum_id=2#43790910)



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Date: January 15th, 2022 10:12 PM
Author: bonkers background story boistinker

idk man, seems reasonable to be pissed at a firm that you pay huge fees to hiring someone who has fucked with you and caused you serious issues in the past. they are free to hire who they want, but you are free to change counsels as well, and there is surely no shortage of firms willing to take on tesla as a client

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5008258&forum_id=2#43790968)



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Date: January 15th, 2022 10:15 PM
Author: french balding hospital

the fuking associate didnt work on any of elon's cases so furk him, he's being a girlie man bitch like trump

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5008258&forum_id=2#43790980)



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Date: January 15th, 2022 10:16 PM
Author: bonkers background story boistinker

nah man he's right

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5008258&forum_id=2#43790983)



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Date: January 15th, 2022 10:17 PM
Author: french balding hospital

(birdshit girlie man)



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5008258&forum_id=2#43790986)



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Date: January 16th, 2022 10:05 AM
Author: jade church building party of the first part

"why can't birdshit ceos be rule following bug people automatons like pradeep ceos?!!"

this attitude is why birdshits actually innovate and invent shit, and why pradeeps are always workers or caretaker ceos.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5008258&forum_id=2#43792057)



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Date: January 15th, 2022 10:54 PM
Author: submissive jap parlor

lol @ the NOVA dwellers itt hyperventilating at the mere suggestion that their petty govt dick swinging could have future consequences beyond guaranteeing payoffs in the private sector

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5008258&forum_id=2#43791082)



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Date: January 15th, 2022 11:22 PM
Author: Aromatic Locus Nibblets



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5008258&forum_id=2#43791165)



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Date: January 16th, 2022 12:11 AM
Author: impertinent abode mad-dog skullcap



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5008258&forum_id=2#43791265)



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Date: January 16th, 2022 9:51 AM
Author: jade church building party of the first part



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5008258&forum_id=2#43792008)



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Date: January 18th, 2022 11:29 AM
Author: vermilion alpha

serve corrupt masters in a capricious manner and there's CONSEQUENCES??!?!?!

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5008258&forum_id=2#43803282)



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Date: January 15th, 2022 10:56 PM
Author: bonkers background story boistinker



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5008258&forum_id=2#43791089)



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Date: January 15th, 2022 11:13 PM
Author: bronze crotch

Revolving doors are the worst kind

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5008258&forum_id=2#43791137)



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Date: January 15th, 2022 11:24 PM
Author: Aromatic Locus Nibblets

It's a shame that a man who brought electric cars mainstream (building the only new car company in literally 85 years) and invented reusable rockets would be petty and punish a 6th year associate at a venerable firm like COOLEY that has done...fucking nothing ever.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5008258&forum_id=2#43791177)



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Date: January 16th, 2022 6:49 PM
Author: godawful university

Cooley for some reason is seen as a “good to” firm for tech companies in the bay. Like a poor man’s WSGR.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5008258&forum_id=2#43794747)



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Date: January 15th, 2022 11:31 PM
Author: Emerald round eye bawdyhouse

He should take the lawyers wife to dubai and send him videos of shutting on his wife

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5008258&forum_id=2#43791187)



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Date: January 16th, 2022 12:17 AM
Author: avocado cruise ship

It's a way to send a message to intimidate regulators now and in the future.

"If you fuck me, regulator-guy, then I'll find a way to retaliate against you later when you're in private practice."

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5008258&forum_id=2#43791277)



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Date: January 16th, 2022 10:10 AM
Author: beta out-of-control antidepressant drug

Who cares, as long as Elon is pwning biglaw libs

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5008258&forum_id=2#43792077)



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Date: January 16th, 2022 12:12 PM
Author: avocado cruise ship

I'm not necessarily against it

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5008258&forum_id=2#43792790)



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Date: January 16th, 2022 7:01 PM
Author: coral water buffalo

xo loves sucking up to this oligarch

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5008258&forum_id=2#43794811)



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Date: January 16th, 2022 9:57 AM
Author: jade church building party of the first part

the whole reason elon is who he is and got to where he is is because he does shit like this. ljl at people itt not understanding that one of the biggest reasons someone becomes a self made billionaire is so that they can tell people to fuck off and do whatever they want.

i'm surprised the rat-faced kike lawyers at cooley didn't immediately fire this associate. i guess it would be very bad optics. i imagine this associate will "voluntarily lateral" to another firm because he "doesn't want to get in the way cooleys business with clients". i.e. he'll be paid off to leave and demonstrate his cuckiness to other firms.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5008258&forum_id=2#43792034)



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Date: January 16th, 2022 10:43 AM
Author: cerebral elite heaven wagecucks

This seems like the sensible route.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5008258&forum_id=2#43792262)



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Date: January 16th, 2022 6:52 PM
Author: godawful university

I’m not surprised. Tesla leaving will barely affect

The firm’s bottom line but looking like a bunch of bitches who don’t protect their own people could have negative effects

Internally.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5008258&forum_id=2#43794762)



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Date: May 21st, 2022 11:41 AM
Author: Abusive exhilarant stag film blood rage

lol at this “profession” just lol

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5008258&forum_id=2#44549231)



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Date: May 21st, 2022 11:42 AM
Author: pearl razzmatazz base



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5008258&forum_id=2#44549233)



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Date: January 16th, 2022 10:01 AM
Author: Bateful Autistic Main People Internal Respiration

Same investors who took Dell private were in talks with Elon, so funding was somewhat secured.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5008258&forum_id=2#43792046)



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Date: January 16th, 2022 10:38 AM
Author: Green flatulent stead

Dude was probably a dick to elon when he was a regulator. Honestly, I am on board with Elons actions here

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5008258&forum_id=2#43792236)



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Date: January 16th, 2022 10:43 AM
Author: cerebral elite heaven wagecucks



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5008258&forum_id=2#43792265)



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Date: January 16th, 2022 11:09 AM
Author: underhanded legal warrant philosopher-king



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5008258&forum_id=2#43792357)



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Date: January 16th, 2022 1:01 PM
Author: submissive jap parlor



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5008258&forum_id=2#43792991)



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Date: January 18th, 2022 11:39 AM
Author: Well-lubricated bisexual indian lodge

Sometimes being a good lawyer means being a dick to the other side. LJL at thin skinned Elon still wound up over some touchy questions from a few yrs ago, coming from a dude who was literally just doing his wage cuck job.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5008258&forum_id=2#43803348)



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Date: January 16th, 2022 6:41 PM
Author: bright gas station brethren

Having a hard time understanding how an SEC lawyer low enough on the totem pole to not be a partner (or even of counsel) at Cooley upon transitioning back to the private sector would be personally interviewing Elon Musk while at the SEC.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5008258&forum_id=2#43794689)



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Date: January 16th, 2022 7:00 PM
Author: underhanded legal warrant philosopher-king

same.

it's a plum gig. should go to a 20+ year career type.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5008258&forum_id=2#43794802)



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Date: January 16th, 2022 11:30 PM
Author: bright gas station brethren

“David said to let that summer associate from the Seattle office take the Gates depo. The one who talked about his interest in ‘antitrust, international law, and human rights law’ at his callback.”

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5008258&forum_id=2#43795987)



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Date: January 16th, 2022 11:40 PM
Author: Drunken international law enforcement agency

"I think he's on isle 12"

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5008258&forum_id=2#43796029)



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Date: January 17th, 2022 12:26 AM
Author: brilliant pisswyrm stock car



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5008258&forum_id=2#43796257)



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Date: January 17th, 2022 12:05 AM
Author: Concupiscible Goal In Life

180 to see lawyers not act like cucks for once

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5008258&forum_id=2#43796162)



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Date: January 17th, 2022 12:10 AM
Author: bright gas station brethren

Virtually guarantee that tesla-originating partner pushed for shitcanning the associate. ("Why don't I call up my buddy Jay Greenberg from Cleary and we work out a soft landing?")

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5008258&forum_id=2#43796190)



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Date: January 17th, 2022 9:45 AM
Author: Garnet Lascivious Forum

Of course he did. It only surprising the firm didn't acquiesce

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5008258&forum_id=2#43797193)



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Date: January 17th, 2022 9:49 AM
Author: Yellow principal's office

There’s clearly a missing piece to the puzzle

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5008258&forum_id=2#43797205)



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Date: January 17th, 2022 10:11 AM
Author: cerebral elite heaven wagecucks



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5008258&forum_id=2#43797287)



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Date: January 17th, 2022 10:20 AM
Author: milky hyperactive black woman partner

i'm not surprised. elon didn't have a valid reason why the associate should be canned, so acceding to his demand would have set a dangerous precedent - a big client could just get a bug up its ass and demand that attorneys be fired for no good reason.

the firm would have gotten rid of him if the associate was working on a tesla matter and there was a fuck up that was a partner's fault. the associate would have gotten blamed and canned.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5008258&forum_id=2#43797329)



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Date: January 17th, 2022 10:47 PM
Author: outnumbered puppy

You think if Elon would have mumbled a little something about conflicts of interest it would have been enough to change the result?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5008258&forum_id=2#43801227)



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Date: January 17th, 2022 11:51 PM
Author: milky hyperactive black woman partner

Only if there was a legit issue. I wonder what biglol firm will get this work.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5008258&forum_id=2#43801531)



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Date: January 18th, 2022 11:25 AM
Author: cerebral elite heaven wagecucks

There must be a relationship partner that brought tesla in that is now looking to move, no?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5008258&forum_id=2#43803255)



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Date: January 18th, 2022 11:55 AM
Author: milky hyperactive black woman partner

good point. if tesla was a significant portion of his book, he's probably out.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5008258&forum_id=2#43803462)



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Date: January 17th, 2022 11:59 PM
Author: bright gas station brethren

I think they're afraid of the potential press, not the precedent. The precedent is probably a modest selling point for future potential clients, frankly.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5008258&forum_id=2#43801561)



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Date: May 21st, 2022 11:38 AM
Author: pearl razzmatazz base



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5008258&forum_id=2#44549219)



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Date: October 11th, 2022 8:30 PM
Author: tan national

Elon Musk is an evil individual

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5008258&forum_id=2#45316913)