Meet the lawyer who beat Elon Musk — twice
“After college, my plan was to come to New York and get a record deal.” | Cath Virginia / The Verge, Getty Images 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 un
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A lawyer named Bill Savitt has successfully represented parties against Elon Musk in two major lawsuits: one involving Twitter's acquisition and another case brought by Musk against OpenAI's leadership. Savitt's cross-examination style during the OpenAI case was characterized as mild-mannered and soft-spoken, with questions that were easy to answer but effective at establishing Musk as an unreliable witness. Savitt's success in these cases has raised his public profile, though he has not taken on new cases opposing Musk since the trial ended. His approach to preparing for difficult witnesses like Musk emphasizes massive preparation with documents and maintaining focus on objectives rather than being drawn into confrontation.
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