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Esquiring Minds

Esquiring Minds

Hosted by Andrew Leahey, Jason Ramsland, Jacob Schumer

Episodes

32

Latest episode

Feb 2024

Language

EN

About the show

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 on the fediverse, won't you?

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32 recent
February 2, 20241 hr 15 min

Did Elon Musk Deserve $55 Billion?

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

January 12, 20241 hr 12 min

The One Where We Try To Draw Copyright Law From Memory

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

November 21, 20231 hr 16 min

The Only Podcast on OpenAI You'll Ever Need*

*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 Twitter vs. Media Matters https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/24172809-x-v-media-matters-complaint-filestamped-1

November 10, 20231 hr 25 min

Condolences to Omegle, Real Estate Agents and SBF

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?v=FQXfOfemYpc

October 27, 20231 hr 14 min

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

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 can cover 30.4 feet in a second (thanks Micah!)

October 6, 20231 hr 10 min

Chess, Fraud, Patreon and Baseball

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/

September 22, 20231 hr 7 min

Full Business Brain

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-negotiable contracts in wake of Unity backlash | GamesIndustry.biz Unity reportedly told dev Planned Parenthood and children's hospital are "not valid charities" | GamesIndustry.biz Mobile game developers rebel over Unity charging, company will 'make changes' The video game industry is in uproar over a software pricing change. Here's why Recommendations Lies of P

September 8, 20231 hr 18 min

Supreme Court Barbeque

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)

August 18, 20231 hr 11 min

Strike While the Blood is Gushing and Romancing the Bear

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 esq.social Matrix Lawstodon.org

July 27, 20231 hr 8 min

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

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

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