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bgmasters

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    Comment #7758528

    I can confirm the book will be released on Sept. 16 :)

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    One thing to note is that the CA statute of frauds renders certain kinds of oral contracts invalid, unless there is some memorandum of the oral contract is in writing. One such con…

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    Comment #5099131

    If you're ever in the Bay Area, come have lunch with us at http://judicata.com :)

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    Comment #5099027

    > It's not "rent seeking" to build a value-added service on top of publicly available information, or even to charge for making obscure publicly available information more easily a…

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    > That is why in the discussions with his counsel about a resolution of the case this office sought an appropriate sentence that matched the alleged conduct – a sentence that we wo…

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    Comment #4889089

    What you just identified is precisely what Peter is criticizing here. The whole point is that maybe technology can make this fiction less fictitious. You may think that the law is …

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    Comment #4888578

    All of this can be called "legal services." But the extremes, you two are essentially talking about different markets. Corporate clients will continue to hire the best lawyers and …

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    Comment #4597911

    Amicus Labs - San Francisco We’re building software that will radically change how lawyers approach, analyze, and engage with the law. We're looking to add a designer to our small …

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    Comment #4463824

    Amicus Labs - Designing for Law - San Francisco We’re building software that will radically change how lawyers approach, analyze, and engage with the law. We use advanced case law …

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    Peter Thiel on "Founder as Victim, Founder as God"

    Class 18 of Stanford CS183:Startup

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    Comment #3931339

    How do you know if it's true? Think through it yourself. Don't look for a hook that's going to make you feel better about accepting something as gospel.

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    Comment #3931332

    My pleasure! We're figuring out what to do in terms of wrapping them up in an ebook.