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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Benjamin Olson" data-source="post: 8895305" data-attributes="member: 6988941">Recovering former attorney here. I would argue that what lawyers are trained to do is maximize their client's legal position. What good business lawyers learn to do from experience is to recognize when the zealous protecting of their client's legal rights might impede their actual business, advise them of that, and possibly temper the aggressiveness with which they, say, draft terms of a legal document on behalf of their client. But ultimately the normal state of business law is that the businessperson knows what's best for business, the lawyer knows what's best for their legal position, and after discussion between the two they take actions which balance both interests.So while it's possible lawyers are partially to blame here, we really have no reason to believe they are, and ultimately blame lies primarily, if not entirely, with the relevant executives.</blockquote>