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Gabe Newell asked Valve's top lawyer "What the f*** do I pay you for if that’s your opinion?" in heated debate over porn games on Steam, report says (www.gamesradar.com)
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[–] frongt@lemmy.zip 20 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Newell ripped into general counsel Karl Quackenbush when the lawyer advocated for more hands-on moderation on Steam. "What the f--- do I pay you for if that’s your opinion?" Newell reportedly interjected.

Presumably he pays the legal professional for their legal opinion. Doesn't mean he has to listen, but usually you should listen to your lawyers.

[–] acosmichippo@lemmy.world 81 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (2 children)

True but there's very liitle context here. It could have made more sense in the conversation if it was meant like "I pay you to fight for our position, not roll over to threats."

[–] ahornsirup@feddit.org 34 points 1 day ago

If a position is legally untenable it's a lawyer's job to say so, though. We really don't have enough context here.

[–] bluGill@fedia.io 10 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Sometimes a lawyer has nothing to fight with. The law and constitution are sometimes clear and any judge will disbar a lawyer who tries to waste the courts time on this issue (this never happens because lawyers won't risk it when things are that obvious - and usually it isn't). If you don't like it pay a lobbiest not a lawyer.

[–] edible_funk@sh.itjust.works 0 points 6 hours ago

Not any longer with federalist society partisan activist judges appointed throughout the country.

[–] osaerisxero@kbin.melroy.org 16 points 1 day ago (1 children)

The law and constitution are sometimes clear and any judge will disbar a lawyer who tries to waste the courts time on this issue

https://i.kym-cdn.com/entries/icons/original/000/023/021/e02e5ffb5f980cd8262cf7f0ae00a4a9_press-x-to-doubt-memes-memesuper-la-noire-doubt-meme_419-238.png

[–] bluGill@fedia.io 5 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I've heard about this once in my lifetime, and it made the news because it was so usual...

[–] EndlessNightmare@reddthat.com 1 points 21 hours ago

So not "any" judge, rather one specific one.