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Microsoft fires 27% of its employees

And AI is still pretty bad actually. In an another 2 years t...
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  10/27/26
"AI" is just cover for layoffs they would have don...
gedood persoon
  10/27/26
They’ll just replace them with jeets, either h1b or sh...
? ? ? ?
  10/27/26
Since they’re offering Packages to retirement aged peo...
cowgod
  10/27/26
Apparently jeets are losing jobs too
hotsauce
  10/27/26
sure bud
censorship
  10/27/26
...
censorship
  10/27/26
This is because of Xbox imho
cowgod
  10/27/26
shut the hell up
Oh, you travel?
  10/27/26
In this case he is correct. The State of Gaming has never be...
law is ea$y
  10/27/26
I've been playing ScumSlav games like Wardogs and Tarko...
Oh, you travel?
  10/27/26
PCs cost like $6000k now. Consoles are already Dead. PC gami...
law is ea$y
  10/27/26
You can buy a Steam Machine for like $1500k or something. Hi...
Oh, you travel?
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...
Roblox
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CapTTTainFalcon
  10/27/26
The Gamepass strategy and its consequences have been a disas...
titus chicken
  10/27/26
Avoiding unemployment seems pretty important right now. Most...
Rage Problems
  10/27/26
Ruination is nigh
Oh, you travel?
  10/27/26
your hair circa 2009
.,.,.,.,.,...,.,,.,,.....,.,..,.,,...,.,.,,...,.
  10/27/26
the only way out of all these excess ppl is a World War imo.
great moniker
  10/27/26
In-house bros are the safest because they are cheap. The law...
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  10/27/26
Yeah, law firm usage is definitely plummeting. But in-house...
.,.,...,..,.,.,:,,:,.,.,:::,...,:,...:..:.,:.::,.
  10/27/26
No one is drafting the transaction docs in M&A inhouse w...
Rage Problems
  10/27/26
Yeah, this is really wrong. I’m at a $20bn shop with a...
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  10/27/26
Where it’s not saving any money is litigation because ...
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  10/27/26
AI's final joke is going to be exit ops for litigators ...
can't believe this moniker was available
  10/27/26
Well fuck
.,.,...,..,.,.,:,,:,.,.,:::,...,:,...:..:.,:.::,.
  10/27/26
wait
Manually Patching Allaire
  10/27/26
Actual interesting content from ARE Reptile. Go figure.
German pumo
  10/27/26
And who is the counterparty repped by and are you turning co...
Rage Problems
  10/27/26
K&L Gates was on the last email I just responded to. DLA...
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  10/27/26
Out of curiosity, why Claude and not Harvey? Did you ensure...
.,.,...,..,.,.,:,,:,.,.,:::,...,:,...:..:.,:.::,.
  10/27/26
Lmao
Rage Problems
  10/27/26
Anthropic is actually pretty obnoxious in terms of negotiati...
.,.,...,..,.,.,:,,:,.,.,:::,...,:,...:..:.,:.::,.
  10/27/26
Who cares. These kinds of terms are for procurement lawyers....
Rage Problems
  10/27/26
They're a 6 person legal team. They probably don'...
.,.,...,..,.,.,:,,:,.,.,:::,...,:,...:..:.,:.::,.
  10/27/26
Litigation is just a settlement exercise. Lol at litigators
Rage Problems
  10/27/26
Which, to your point, within the context of M&A, is goin...
Smoker
  10/27/26
In-house litigation is/was always a volume practice. Any sho...
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  10/27/26
I’m in a similar position and we’re doing 95% of...
titus chicken
  10/27/26
Term sheets are way diff than definitive deal docs… W...
Rage Problems
  10/27/26
...
titus chicken
  10/27/26
The "no backfills" thing is 100% accurate. Or if ...
.,.,...,..,.,.,:,,:,.,.,:::,...,:,...:..:.,:.::,.
  10/27/26
Ime they replace like one Loser with several Women or Idiots
cowgod
  10/27/26
That was actually "in better times." Now everyone...
.,.,...,..,.,.,:,,:,.,.,:::,...,:,...:..:.,:.::,.
  10/27/26
cowshit was fired from Curation like ten years ago but it st...
Oh, you travel?
  10/27/26
10 years ago is like several lifetimes ago at this point.
.,.,...,..,.,.,:,,:,.,.,:::,...,:,...:..:.,:.::,.
  10/27/26
...
goynigger
  10/27/26
...
Manually Patching Allaire
  10/27/26
Trump’s America
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  10/27/26
they offered buyouts to 60k, last time only one third accept...
AZNgirl sucking off Jews for Invite Codes
  10/27/26


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Date: October 27th, 2026 6:22 AM
Author: .- .-. . .-. . .--. - .. .-.. .

And AI is still pretty bad actually. In an another 2 years they will let another 50% go. Humans are done here.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5914893&forum_id=2#50205400)



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Date: October 27th, 2026 2:10 PM
Author: gedood persoon

"AI" is just cover for layoffs they would have done anyway

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5914893&forum_id=2#50206446)



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Date: October 27th, 2026 6:24 AM
Author: ? ? ? ?

They’ll just replace them with jeets, either h1b or ship jobs to India if they can’t

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5914893&forum_id=2#50205402)



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Date: October 27th, 2026 8:58 AM
Author: cowgod

Since they’re offering Packages to retirement aged people or close to it, this will make MSFT much, much more Indian as a consequence, since Gen X is by far the whitest Gen in software.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5914893&forum_id=2#50205526)



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Date: October 27th, 2026 8:59 AM
Author: hotsauce

Apparently jeets are losing jobs too

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5914893&forum_id=2#50205533)



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Date: October 27th, 2026 10:18 AM
Author: censorship

sure bud

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5914893&forum_id=2#50205698)



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Date: October 27th, 2026 10:18 AM
Author: censorship



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5914893&forum_id=2#50205696)



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Date: October 27th, 2026 8:57 AM
Author: cowgod

This is because of Xbox imho

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5914893&forum_id=2#50205522)



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Date: October 27th, 2026 9:00 AM
Author: Oh, you travel? ( )

shut the hell up

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5914893&forum_id=2#50205537)



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Date: October 27th, 2026 9:02 AM
Author: law is ea$y (🧐)

In this case he is correct. The State of Gaming has never been more dire. It was our only chance for a Reprieve during the AI monsoon.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5914893&forum_id=2#50205544)



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Date: October 27th, 2026 12:02 PM
Author: Oh, you travel? ( )

I've been playing ScumSlav games like Wardogs and Tarkov. Gaming has never been stronger unless you're Sony.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5914893&forum_id=2#50205907)



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Date: October 27th, 2026 12:04 PM
Author: law is ea$y (🧐)

PCs cost like $6000k now. Consoles are already Dead. PC gaming will now soon be Dead. We're just going to be left with AAA Cloudgamingslop soon.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5914893&forum_id=2#50205914)



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Date: October 27th, 2026 12:39 PM
Author: Oh, you travel? ( )

You can buy a Steam Machine for like $1500k or something. High end cards have always been out of reach for most and obviously even more so today.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5914893&forum_id=2#50206108)



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Date: October 27th, 2026 10:21 AM
Author: Roblox



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5914893&forum_id=2#50205707)



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Date: October 27th, 2026 3:20 PM
Author: CapTTTainFalcon



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5914893&forum_id=2#50206657)



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Date: October 27th, 2026 9:07 AM
Author: titus chicken

The Gamepass strategy and its consequences have been a disaster for the human race.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5914893&forum_id=2#50205565)



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Date: October 27th, 2026 9:08 AM
Author: Rage Problems

Avoiding unemployment seems pretty important right now. Most people aren’t doing layoffs but basically everyone is just not backfilling for people that leave unless they’re in key leadership positions. Standard inhouse counsel seem kind of done here

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5914893&forum_id=2#50205568)



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Date: October 27th, 2026 9:10 AM
Author: Oh, you travel? ( )

Ruination is nigh

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5914893&forum_id=2#50205570)



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Date: October 27th, 2026 9:46 AM
Author: .,.,.,.,.,...,.,,.,,.....,.,..,.,,...,.,.,,...,.


your hair circa 2009

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5914893&forum_id=2#50205638)



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Date: October 27th, 2026 9:45 AM
Author: great moniker

the only way out of all these excess ppl is a World War imo.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5914893&forum_id=2#50205635)



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Date: October 27th, 2026 10:18 AM
Author: .- .-. . .-. . .--. - .. .-.. .

In-house bros are the safest because they are cheap. The law firm model is fucked. In-house papers everything internally with Claude now. A $300m M&A deal used to generate a million in fees +/-. Now it’s maybe $300k and you paying most of that for a legal opinion letter, and hand holding through regulatory clearances and basically zero dollars for diligence and zero dollars for drafting docs.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5914893&forum_id=2#50205691)



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Date: October 27th, 2026 12:21 PM
Author: .,.,...,..,.,.,:,,:,.,.,:::,...,:,...:..:.,:.::,.


Yeah, law firm usage is definitely plummeting. But in-house headcount is also decreasing. It is just bad news across the board for pretty much everyone.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5914893&forum_id=2#50205986)



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Date: October 27th, 2026 1:54 PM
Author: Rage Problems

No one is drafting the transaction docs in M&A inhouse with Claude. The firm lawyers probably already are though. Diligence is actually probably more costly now because AI can spin up so many new requests so quickly and be anal as fuck. M&A is one of the protected fields.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5914893&forum_id=2#50206401)



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Date: October 27th, 2026 3:20 PM
Author: .- .-. . .-. . .--. - .. .-.. .

Yeah, this is really wrong. I’m at a $20bn shop with a 6 person in-house team. We are papering a $300m M&A right now internally and the only thing I need outside counsel for is legal opinion letters and their hand holding me through SFC landmines. Claude is doing everything else. It also built my $1bn private markets book for me with $20k in outside counsel spend for some sanity checks. Our legal spend it down at least 50% in the last year.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5914893&forum_id=2#50206655)



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Date: October 27th, 2026 3:23 PM
Author: .- .-. . .-. . .--. - .. .-.. .

Where it’s not saving any money is litigation because pleadings are longer and everything is slop and in-house lit doesn’t have time to spend 4 hours a day taking to Claude the way transactional lawyers do. Litigation spend is actually up.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5914893&forum_id=2#50206665)



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Date: October 27th, 2026 3:30 PM
Author: can't believe this moniker was available

AI's final joke is going to be exit ops for litigators ONLY

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5914893&forum_id=2#50206677)



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Date: October 27th, 2026 4:30 PM
Author: .,.,...,..,.,.,:,,:,.,.,:::,...,:,...:..:.,:.::,.


Well fuck

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5914893&forum_id=2#50206830)



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Date: October 27th, 2026 5:53 PM
Author: Manually Patching Allaire

wait

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5914893&forum_id=2#50207101)



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Date: October 27th, 2026 3:35 PM
Author: German pumo

Actual interesting content from ARE Reptile. Go figure.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5914893&forum_id=2#50206691)



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Date: October 27th, 2026 4:17 PM
Author: Rage Problems

And who is the counterparty repped by and are you turning comments directly to their outside counsel? You’re inhouse directly at PE?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5914893&forum_id=2#50206797)



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Date: October 27th, 2026 6:04 PM
Author: .- .-. . .-. . .--. - .. .-.. .

K&L Gates was on the last email I just responded to. DLA on the one before that. All Biglaw.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5914893&forum_id=2#50207119)



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Date: October 27th, 2026 4:29 PM
Author: .,.,...,..,.,.,:,,:,.,.,:::,...,:,...:..:.,:.::,.


Out of curiosity, why Claude and not Harvey? Did you ensure that your agreement with them includes the terms you need?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5914893&forum_id=2#50206826)



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Date: October 27th, 2026 4:29 PM
Author: Rage Problems

Lmao

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5914893&forum_id=2#50206827)



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Date: October 27th, 2026 4:32 PM
Author: .,.,...,..,.,.,:,,:,.,.,:::,...,:,...:..:.,:.::,.


Anthropic is actually pretty obnoxious in terms of negotiating terms lawyers look for to preserve privilege. Harvey has Claude models as well, btw. At my company I have access to both and Gemini.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5914893&forum_id=2#50206835)



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Date: October 27th, 2026 4:33 PM
Author: Rage Problems

Who cares. These kinds of terms are for procurement lawyers. No one cares

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5914893&forum_id=2#50206837)



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Date: October 27th, 2026 4:34 PM
Author: .,.,...,..,.,.,:,,:,.,.,:::,...,:,...:..:.,:.::,.


They're a 6 person legal team. They probably don't have a "procurement lawyer." He also said they're dealing with increased litigation. This is exactly the sort of detail that gets you fucked in discovery.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5914893&forum_id=2#50206843)



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Date: October 27th, 2026 4:35 PM
Author: Rage Problems

Litigation is just a settlement exercise. Lol at litigators

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5914893&forum_id=2#50206851)



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Date: October 27th, 2026 4:39 PM
Author: Smoker

Which, to your point, within the context of M&A, is going to be controlled by terms negotiated between firms

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5914893&forum_id=2#50206864)



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Date: October 27th, 2026 5:57 PM
Author: .- .-. . .-. . .--. - .. .-.. .

In-house litigation is/was always a volume practice. Any shop with enough litigation to bring in an in-house dedicated litigator is saddling the guy with 30 or 40 or 200 cases. The guy is just there to police spend. He is never drafting pleadings or motions. Commercial practice is never that kind of volume game so you have time to work with Claude to paper whole transactions. In-house lit has too much volume to wait the 10 minutes for a Claude turn. The economics aren’t going to be the same.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5914893&forum_id=2#50207109)



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Date: October 27th, 2026 4:31 PM
Author: titus chicken

I’m in a similar position and we’re doing 95% of our term sheets in-house and using outside counsel for first time on deal docs for a new transaction but using AI when it’s similar to something from before.

Long term issue is that some of the non-legal folks are going to start to use Claude to do this stuff on their own and then I’m fucked.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5914893&forum_id=2#50206833)



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Date: October 27th, 2026 4:35 PM
Author: Rage Problems

Term sheets are way diff than definitive deal docs… We did those inhouse before AI existed.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5914893&forum_id=2#50206847)



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Date: October 27th, 2026 4:42 PM
Author: titus chicken



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5914893&forum_id=2#50206872)



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Date: October 27th, 2026 12:22 PM
Author: .,.,...,..,.,.,:,,:,.,.,:::,...,:,...:..:.,:.::,.


The "no backfills" thing is 100% accurate. Or if someone gets a backfill it will be one person for every 2-4 lost with a preference for an internal hire whose position won't be replaced.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5914893&forum_id=2#50205988)



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Date: October 27th, 2026 3:31 PM
Author: cowgod

Ime they replace like one Loser with several Women or Idiots

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5914893&forum_id=2#50206678)



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Date: October 27th, 2026 4:27 PM
Author: .,.,...,..,.,.,:,,:,.,.,:::,...,:,...:..:.,:.::,.


That was actually "in better times." Now everyone is getting fired and no one is getting replaced.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5914893&forum_id=2#50206820)



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Date: October 27th, 2026 4:28 PM
Author: Oh, you travel? ( )

cowshit was fired from Curation like ten years ago but it still feels like yesterday to him

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5914893&forum_id=2#50206824)



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Date: October 27th, 2026 4:30 PM
Author: .,.,...,..,.,.,:,,:,.,.,:::,...,:,...:..:.,:.::,.


10 years ago is like several lifetimes ago at this point.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5914893&forum_id=2#50206829)



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Date: October 27th, 2026 9:56 AM
Author: goynigger ((zurich is stained))



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5914893&forum_id=2#50205644)



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Date: October 27th, 2026 5:53 PM
Author: Manually Patching Allaire



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5914893&forum_id=2#50207100)



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Date: October 27th, 2026 4:23 PM
Author: .,..,,.,.,.,.,.,..,.,.,..,..,


Trump’s America

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5914893&forum_id=2#50206813)



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Date: October 27th, 2026 4:42 PM
Author: AZNgirl sucking off Jews for Invite Codes

they offered buyouts to 60k, last time only one third accepted, this time maybe less

they get like 4m severance plus 1m more for each year so like i dunno maybe some ppl in 50s have banked enouh they just take it

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5914893&forum_id=2#50206873)