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3 people · 8 quotes · 7 Mar 2024 to 20 Aug 2026

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    1. Bill Gurley

      Gurley says lawyers in Delaware derivative suit against Tesla are asking for five to six billion dollars in payment.

      “One one data point you you left out, which came up recently, is the lawyers that that pursued this case are asking for 5 or $6,000,000,000 in payment.”

      7 Mar 2024 · BG2 Pod · 52:27 · source · permalink
    2. Bill Gurley

      Gurley questions how a plaintiff with only nine shares can justify multibillion-dollar lawyer fees in Delaware case.

      “So how could how could a client with nine shares lead to a multibillion dollar award to a lawyer?”

      7 Mar 2024 · BG2 Pod · 53:12 · source · permalink
    1. Bill Gurley

      Gurley cites research showing Delaware awards attorney fee multiples 23x to 57x more frequently than federal courts.

      “in Delaware, seven times or higher is 23 times more likely than in a federal court. And 10 times or higher is 57 times or higher than in a federal court.”

      22 May 2025 · BG2 Pod · 51:44 · source · permalink
    2. Bill Gurley

      Gurley reveals 55% of high-multiplier Delaware cases are assigned to just two judges including the chancellor who assigns cases.

      “It turns out that in the 20 cases where you have this this super high multiplier, 55% of the cases are just two of the judges.”

      22 May 2025 · BG2 Pod · 53:32 · source · permalink
    3. Howard Lutnick

      Lutnick speculates Epstein traded blackmail videos for his lenient sentence.

      “I assume way back when Mhmm. They traded those videos in exchange for him getting that eighteen month sentence.”

      2 Oct 2025 · ABC News · 0:44 · source · permalink
    1. Bill Gurley

      Gurley cites Neil Cotchill using AI throughout Supreme Court tariff case preparation, making top lawyer run faster.

      “I was just at Ted and Neil Cotchill, who is one of the most famous lawyers in the world, he just argued the case where they beat the tariff in front of the Supreme Court.”

      13 Jul 2026 · Forbes · 24:12 · source · permalink
    2. Scott Bessent

      Bessent says Democratic attorneys general sought to return tariff money to corporations, calling it corporate welfare.

      “Democratic attorney generals who filed a ridiculous lawsuit against this administration wanted the money to go back to the payer of record, So that is corporate welfare.”

      20 Aug 2026 · Forbes Breaking News · 0:32 · source · permalink
    3. Scott Bessent

      Bessent says Section 301 tariffs, which survived over 5,000 lawsuits, will restore the tariff income to government.

      “But the using the three o ones, which have survived more than 5,000 suits, that we will get that tariff income back.”

      20 Aug 2026 · Forbes Breaking News · 0:58 · source · permalink

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