Jordan Furlong
@jordanfurlong.com
Legal sector analyst, consultant, author, speaker, and reformer (he/him). I publish a free bi-weekly Substack newsletter: https://jordanfurlong.substack.com/ "We have the chance to turn the pages over." Luke 12:24-32.
"The Day After" was based on one of the most remarkable documents ever produced: A vivid apocalyptic short story written by the US government and appended to an official report on the effect of a nuclear war. I read the whole thing, and man, does it stay with you. www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...
'Charlottesville': A Government-Commissioned Story About Nuclear War
A fictional 1979 account of how the town in Virginia would weather an all-out nuclear exchange between the U.S. and U.S.S.R.
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November 20, 2025 at 4:59 PM
"The Day After" was based on one of the most remarkable documents ever produced: A vivid apocalyptic short story written by the US government and appended to an official report on the effect of a nuclear war. I read the whole thing, and man, does it stay with you. www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...
The joke I once heard was, “What kind of engineer is God? Civil. Nobody else would run a waste disposal line through a recreational area.”
November 19, 2025 at 9:19 PM
The joke I once heard was, “What kind of engineer is God? Civil. Nobody else would run a waste disposal line through a recreational area.”
Jason, I'm working on a follow-up post to explore these issues, but this comment gives a quick summary of my current thinking on the matter: jordanfurlong.substack.com/p/private-eq...
November 17, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Jason, I'm working on a follow-up post to explore these issues, but this comment gives a quick summary of my current thinking on the matter: jordanfurlong.substack.com/p/private-eq...
Yeah, I think the ABA is out of its league here, ethics-wise. They’ll probably duck this, or wait for a consensus to form at the state bar level and go where the wind’s blowing at that point. But I’m not sure the state bars are any better equipped. The phrase “knife to a gunfight” keeps occurring…
November 14, 2025 at 8:55 PM
Yeah, I think the ABA is out of its league here, ethics-wise. They’ll probably duck this, or wait for a consensus to form at the state bar level and go where the wind’s blowing at that point. But I’m not sure the state bars are any better equipped. The phrase “knife to a gunfight” keeps occurring…
And it’s not that I love Rule 5.4 and its ramifications (though I certainly support any rule that bars non-competes). But regulators have to see what’s going on here and respond fast, or they’ll become even less relevant to changes in the way legal services are delivered.
November 14, 2025 at 5:16 PM
And it’s not that I love Rule 5.4 and its ramifications (though I certainly support any rule that bars non-competes). But regulators have to see what’s going on here and respond fast, or they’ll become even less relevant to changes in the way legal services are delivered.
The whole thing is workaround upon workaround! The MSO is meant to skirt 5.4; partners buying equity in the new MSO is meant to skirt 5.6 against lawyer non-competes. There’s no real attempt to disguise that this is all a way to accomplish non-lawyer investment without breaking/changing the rules.
November 14, 2025 at 5:14 PM
The whole thing is workaround upon workaround! The MSO is meant to skirt 5.4; partners buying equity in the new MSO is meant to skirt 5.6 against lawyer non-competes. There’s no real attempt to disguise that this is all a way to accomplish non-lawyer investment without breaking/changing the rules.
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America has long feared it would suffer the same fate as the Roman republic, but never quite truly appreciated how utterly absurd Roman elites had become by the time of the late republic.
November 12, 2025 at 11:23 PM
America has long feared it would suffer the same fate as the Roman republic, but never quite truly appreciated how utterly absurd Roman elites had become by the time of the late republic.
Wouldn’t want to be in Caracas right now.
November 13, 2025 at 12:12 AM
Wouldn’t want to be in Caracas right now.
No, no. It was someone I’m reasonably certain isn’t on BlueSky.
November 12, 2025 at 8:35 PM
No, no. It was someone I’m reasonably certain isn’t on BlueSky.
AI is just beginning its transformation of the world economy, and wealth destruction is likelier to precede wealth creation for several years to come. Don't get too attached to or invested in early AI leaders.
I'm not saying OpenAI is Netscape or Betamax. But I'm not not saying that either.
I'm not saying OpenAI is Netscape or Betamax. But I'm not not saying that either.
November 5, 2025 at 3:34 PM
AI is just beginning its transformation of the world economy, and wealth destruction is likelier to precede wealth creation for several years to come. Don't get too attached to or invested in early AI leaders.
I'm not saying OpenAI is Netscape or Betamax. But I'm not not saying that either.
I'm not saying OpenAI is Netscape or Betamax. But I'm not not saying that either.