cpa
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I've said it a bunch of times in this thread but it always bears repeating that Tesla hired one of the world's premiere corporate bankruptcy experts to represent their delaying efforts for this suit despite already having its own legal division. There's a reason for that and it isn't JUST because they keep losing General Counsel hires as soon as the new GC looks at Batterygate litigation in progress and recommends changing course immediately to comply with the law (and is told to shut up).
Generally, Chaserr, large firms with in-house counsel outsource litigation to litigation law firms. My best friend recently retired from a large company as assistant general counsel - litigation, and he rarely set foot in a courtroom or wrote motions or responses. His father was VP and General Counsel for a well-known company in the entertainment industry for thirty years. Again, neither he nor his staff did much trial work. A client of mine is a trial lawyer, and he is hired by these firms to represent them in litigation. Many claims are covered by insurance, too, so the lawyers hired to represent these companies have been retained by the insurance company. This doesn't mean that in-house counsel doesn't do anything; certainly a lawyer employed by the company could appear on all complaints and legal filing and participate in strategy and negotiation.
These large law firms with offices across the nation and hundreds of partners practice all types of law; they are bound to have a bankruptcy department in addition to litigation, tax, mergers and acquisitions, employment, intellectual property, criminal, real estate, and gosh knows what else. I would not be quick to connect this firm's bankruptcy prowess with their lawsuit defense trial department, yet. You may be right of course, but right now my money is on coincidence.
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