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Interesting part is that Arrington used to be a lawyer, and he used to work for the firm mentioned. http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/11/18/tweetphoto-dan-caufield...


Yes, he used to work for Wilson Sonsini.

This is when I'd like to have a yelp for service providers, or a "karma keeper". Today, a lawyer at Wilson Sonsini did some bad karma. Another day, another partner there will do a great thing. Can we keep the score somewhere?

Eventually the scumbags would rise to the top and we'd all know better.


Did some bad karma - aka, represented his client?


They sent out a letter on law firm letterhead that made reference to violations of the law and wrapped up with a blunt request for a response within 24 hours. They are trying to bully the interviewer by using carefully crafted language to make it look like the interviewer could face legal consequences from not complying with the request. In fact, the interviewer has done nothing illegal and has no legal obligation to take down the podcast containing the interview nor an obligation to even respond to the letter.

This, is bad karma.


If you think that's bad karma, you clearly haven't dealt with lawyers much. This is about par for the course.


It's a huge (and generally very reputable) firm -- they're kind of the gold standard in the startup world:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilson_Sonsini_Goodrich_&_R...

650 attorneys...




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