Issue No 28
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Friction by design
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Hiring in the age of AI
A ShotgunPleading describes when a party files an excessive number oflegal claims—often poorly organized, overlapping, or lacking clear reasoning.These are sometimes called “kitchen sink” pleadings because the filer throws inevery conceivable argument hoping to confuse the court and their opponent,or simply to see if one or two claims stick.
Shotgunpleadings are especially common in debt collection where debtors can referenceawide array of complex regulations across jurisdictions andareaided by half baked online resources and AI generated responses. Onone handthis tactic can be effectivesince debt providers mustcarefully demonstrate compliance with those regulations. On the other hand,such pleadings clog up courtand regulator resources, many of whom are rightfully pushing back againsttheir misuse.
Staying on theme from last month, Paul Graham is one of the greatessayists (ok, ok bloggers) of the internet era. His work can be found onhis charmingly vintage website. "How To Do Great Work" is a good place to start and his essays on how to write well ("Good Writing" and "Writing, Briefly," for example) are perennial classics that anyone could benefit from reading.
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