SarahFeb 15, 2023
Mike Masnick ✅

DoNotPay's CEO has bent over backwards to avoid confronting @kathryntewson's challenges regarding the company's claims. Now she's taking him to court... and explicitly saying he can represent himself with his claimed AI lawyer.

https://www.techdirt.com/2023/02/14/kathryn-tewson-invites-donotpay-to-use-its-ai-lawyer-in-court-to-address-her-petition-for-pre-action-discovery-for-a-consumer-rights-claim/

Kathryn Tewson Invites DoNotPay To Use Its AI Lawyer In Court… To Address Her Petition For Pre-Action Discovery For A Consumer Rights Claim

Over the last few weeks, you may have noticed that the world’s most tenacious paralegal, Kathryn Tewson, has been carefully dismantling claim after claim after claim from the company DoNotPay…

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Feb 14, 2023 at 8:21pmTusky
Show threadLed By Gilded FoolsFeb 14, 2023
@mmasnick @kathryntewson Grab the popcorn, this takedown should be fun to watch.
Show threadThat Anonymous CowardFeb 14, 2023

@mmasnick @kathryntewson

Might need a minute order banning air pods from the court room... just to be safe.

Show threadWndlBFeb 14, 2023
@mmasnick The in-chambers discussions with the learned trial Judge are gonna be LIT.
Show threadPhDog 🇮🇪Feb 14, 2023

@mmasnick @kathryntewson

"They can't use the AI lawyer. But if they don't try they are lying about having it." is absolutely :chef's kiss:

Show threadAlex, the Hearth FireFeb 14, 2023
@mmasnick @kathryntewson This! This is how you report on "disruptive technology" startups.
Show threadGojira1000Feb 14, 2023
@mmasnick @kathryntewson Kathryn is effectively the T-800 of law. I shall get popcorn ready.
Show threadDr James J TeethFeb 14, 2023

@mmasnick @kathryntewson

If you ever find yourself the target of Kathryn Tewson’s scrutiny just surrender and try to maintain a portion of dignity.

Show threadJB EmmonsFeb 15, 2023
@mmasnick
Everyone's appropriately lauding @kathryntewson for this, but shoutout to @remygreen for their hard work on this petition -- and all the hard work that's undoubtedly to come.
Show threadKathryn TewsonFeb 15, 2023
@jbe YES. Three cheers to Remy, who is incredible. @mmasnick @remygreen
Show threadK. ChenFeb 15, 2023
@mmasnick @kathryntewson @remygreen we love to see it
Show threadPatFeb 15, 2023
@mmasnick @kathryntewson OMG, I hope he does.
Show threadRichard PennerFeb 15, 2023
@mmasnick @kathryntewson
@soulcookie also liked:
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¹² While not legally actionable, later statements demonstrate the literary offense that Mr. Browder genuinely appears not to know who James Joyce is.
²¹ For what it is worth, Petitioner does and will consent to any application Respondents make to use their “Robot Lawyer” in these proceedings. And she submits that a failure to make such an application should weigh heavily in the Court’s evaluation of whether DoNotPay actually 𝒉𝒂𝒔 such a product.