I mean I think the struggle of the CMA lawyer is more related to the fact that he was unprepared to defend a weak case than a lack of skills of his own.
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Yup, imagine trying to the defend that self contradictory mess of the final report that you didnāt even write.
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I looked them up and that does appear to be correct. Interesting. Either way, I did feel bad for him.
I know. He couldnāt carry them because they let them down with a weak case to back up. Itās basically defending someone with every strong evidence against the defendant, youāre likely see a tunnel path to defeat. They got the day after showcase for more.
Agreed. This is why Microsoftās lawyers didnāt waste time on writing unnecessarily long reports like the CMA. We shall see how much prepared the CMA are by the next case management. I would hope given how much time is needed they just approve and move on.
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Iāve seen big profile government cases and that legal performance was not normal. Atleast not in the states. Iām not saying a company like Microsoft couldnāt afford better lawyers. However, the cma side seemed very unprofessional for a case of this caliber.
The second half when he wasnāt having to defend anything he stuttered and stammered less but it was noticeable throughout.
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Thatās fair, and Iād agree itās not normal, just wish the Twitter thread didnāt devote like 3 or 4 parts to it out of 128. Could just have noted that there was extreme stuttering going on. But again, itās whatever. The points they tried to make I do agree it didnāt seem super professional for the most part.
I donāt know but it seems he was just given a day to prepare considering heās a high paid lawyer, the CMA probably waited to the last minute to avoid spending big.
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They did it to try and sell the idea they needed more time
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Maybe but they have to also show they arenāt wasting taxpayersā money and I doubt the CMA is that highly funded.
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Because of the weekend he had only 1 business day to look over some of the documentation relating to the appeal however, they knew since the day released the report Microsoft was going to appeal the decision. So the majority of what transpired shouldnāt have been shocking or surprising. Especially when this is literally your job. The judge also in the same amount of time was able to read through the materials plus a 500 page document and able to familiarize himself with it? Yet somehow the CMA attorney couldnāt? The CMA attorney also didnāt even know Microsoft could legally close the deal if not for the CMA.
They wanted the entire trial pushed back because they couldnāt read documentation that Microsoft read through and appealed in 4 weeks but that time table was somehow insufficient for the cma do the same before a mid to end of july trial?
As they say A lack of planning on your part does not constitute an emergency on mine. Meaning the CMAās inefficiencies doesnāt mean the proceeding, the trial and his lack of preparation are an excuse. None of this was snuck up on him or cma.
I just donāt buy it. Even removing lack of information thats just not how you present yourself if you want to be even remotely convincing. If this was a jury trial and someone was presenting that way I would immediately think they are guilty. Evidence may show otherwise but my first thought would be your guilty and you need to prove to me your not. Which is not the boat you want to be in. You would want the inverse.
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Shouldāve stayed silent. Seriously, how tone deaf can you be?
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Its really odd to me how the media drums up old stories over and over again.
No one is under the impression that Kotick is anything other than a ghoul and the sooner MS can oust him the better. Its old news.
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Totally agree. There really was no excuse.
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The media does love doing itās rehabilitation stories for horrible people, since it gets them a lot of attention(they had one for Joss Whedon not to long ago).
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