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Simplified Legal English: Forking Karpathy's Favorite Writing Standard for Law

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Defaulted in California? Courts set aside the default in 393 of 607 rulings (as of Oct 24, 2026). An attorney's sworn affidavit of fault worked 43 of 50 times; a void-service showing, 108 of 135. Most losers had no real excuse (59) or filed too late (48).
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Setting Aside a Default in California: Which Route Works

Across 607 California rulings, courts set aside the default or default judgment in 393. Attorney-fault affidavits worked 43 of 50 times (as of October 24, 2026).

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Workers' comp exclusivity was the stated reason in 4 of 44 knockouts of California IIED claims pled with an employment claim, and in none of the 9 that died for good (as of Oct 21, 2026). Outrageousness and personnel decisions: 25 of 44.
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Workers' Comp Exclusivity and IIED Claims in California

Workers' comp exclusivity decided 4 of 44 knockouts of California IIED claims pled with an employment claim. Outrageousness and personnel decisions decided 25 (as of October 21, 2026).

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IIED next to an employment claim in California survived demurrer in 25 of 73 decided claims (as of Oct 21, 2026). In 30 of the 44 losses we could check, the court said the facts were not outrageous, were only job decisions, or were bare labels. Plead what happened.
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IIED With an Employment Claim in California: What Survives a Demurrer

Of 73 California IIED claims pled with an employment claim, 25 survived demurrer. Specific harassment facts survived; personnel decisions and labels lost (as of October 21, 2026).

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If you catch the other side's fake citations, start a separate task code that same day. In Flycatcher v. Ozmos (S.D.N.Y.), the defense lawyer who caught them got paid on October 9 for 24.1 hours spent on the misconduct and another 49.1 hours on the fee briefs, less a 10% trim. The court required contemporaneous records showing the date, the hours, and the work for each attorney. When the petition's due, dump the entries into Claude and have it sort them by task and total the hours. Then check every line against your actual bills, because the other side is going to.
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Can you force a better response to your document requests? Where the court ordered a privilege log or found one inadequate, California motions to compel won at least in part in 72 of 77 RFP request sets.
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Can You Force a Better Response to Your Document Requests?

California motions to compel further document responses: where a privilege log was ordered or found inadequate, the motion won at least in part in 72 of 77 request sets.

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forwarding my friend Sara's request for connections with SF based AI training.
Sara Kubik@SaraKubikOct 21
Is there anyone I know who has worked with a SF based AI training company full time? You all have a different world out there in the Silicon Valley and I am trying to better understand it.
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Can you force better answers to your RFAs? When the other side answered with objections only, further answers were compelled in 44 of 48 California RFA request sets. A complete answer stood in 28 of 29.
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Can You Force Better Answers to Your Requests for Admission?

California motions to compel further RFA responses: after objections-only answers, further answers were compelled in 44 of 48. Complete answers stood in 28 of 29.

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Two weeks in a row and wiped my whole weekly claude credits by day 3. Two things seem to work (1) switch from Opus back to Sonnet. (2) close out threads that get too long (h/t @natebjones )
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But i've stopped thinking of the "thread" as a "collaborator" and started thinking of it as a MEETING. I think of a conference room where the white board is full. Let's take a minute, record all this and come back for another meeting -- with the same team -- later.
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so, maybe I'm the last person to learn this but basically, I think I learned the hard way that Opus was KILLING my credits and that Sonnet is more than good enough for what I am doing.
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Can you force better answers to your special interrogatories? When an evasive answer was the main issue, courts made them answer again in 167 of 168 California request sets. Good answers stood in 64 of 65.
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Can You Force Better Answers to Your Special Interrogatories?

California motions to compel further special interrogatory answers: evasive answers were compelled in 167 of 168 request sets. Adequate answers stood in 64 of 65.

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