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Meet the lawyer who beat Elon Musk — twice

Meet the lawyer who beat Elon Musk — twice
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Watching Elon Musk fulminate at Bill Savitt during Musk v. Altman - the case in which Musk sued Sam Altman and OpenAI instead of seeing a therapist about his AI failures - was a bit like watching a toddler have a temper tantrum at his nursery school teacher. Savitt's questions were "designed to trick me," Musk said. He also told Savitt at one point, "You mostly do unfair questions."

Savitt, who has the approximate demeanor of a handsome Droopy Dog, gently told Musk, "I am trying to put the questions as fairly as I can. I am doing my best."

I've seen a number of styles of cross-examination. Savitt's was mild-mannered and soft-spoken; his q …

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