Does the quantity of lawyers actually makes a difference?
When they say that “they have an army of lawyers” or that Disney has more lawyers than animators and things like that, do they tho? Is an army of lawyers really effective? Do companies actually have an “army” of lawyers to redact and sign documents?
Yes, a large team of competent lawyers will simply be able to get more done. They'll know prior cases, loopholes, they'll have connections, they'll be able to pull more information, write more, etc. I worked for an attorney and watched her walk into a hostile meeting with six other attorneys on the other side of the table. She was able to say, "No, the law doesn't say that, let me tell you exactly what it says." And she did and just controlled the entire proceeding because she knew it better. It was really impressive.
Just look at some of the recent snafus of the shitty lawyers hired by Trump and Alex Jones for some specific examples.
Edit: No idea if it's authoritative, but this article claims Disney has about 350 lawyers across the company.
IANAL, but I watch a lot of legal eagle on nebula.
It’s about research capacity. Finding applicable case law can take a fair amount of time. Maybe less with AI, unless you start citing the AI case law duckduckgo.com/?q=AI+generated+case+law, but you need to know how other cases went, if you want to create a successful strategy for your own case.
In addition to what other comments are saying, not only do they have a lot of lawyers, but they also have large legal budgets. They can afford to keep cases in limbo, appeal cases, and cost people a lot of money regardless of the legal or moral reality of what was done.
Was going to say the same thing. This is the exact M.O. of the former US President, along with many many corporations. With the former, it’s why he never seems to be held accountable for the clearly illegal stuff he does/has done. With the latter, it’s why only a class action or the DOJ are capable of getting any legal satisfaction out of them - and even then it’s usually laughable.
It’s not about reacting and signing documents. An army of lawyers is useful because it allows more stuff to be done simultaneously. More people can do research on potentially relevant case law, more lawyers can write multiple different motions. This forces opposing counsel to have as many or more lawyers to react to all this.
An army of lawyers also means you can have teams all dedicated to specific tasks. Disney has lawyers that likely have decades of experience in defending against personal injury suits in their parks. That makes it far harder for anyone to succeed without a very good case.
At the scale of Disney, they likely have dedicated legal teams to many things, and even subsections of those. Take the film division for example, there are likely legal teams for copyright, contracts for services, contracts for advertising, general labor law, acting/directing contracts, location acquisition, property rental/purchase, and distribution. The same goes for the several other divisions.
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