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IANAL but I believe there is significant legal precedent against this. Most notably the recent order preventing Purdue Pharma, and the Sackler family from that very protection.
There's gotta be a better way to rephrase that and end up with a different abbreviation than "I ANAL." 😂
Does I Literally, Obviously, Vociferously, Emphatically Am Not A Lawyer work better?
ILOVEANAL has a certain catchy thrust to it, yes.
Just slides right into place with little resistance.
Just the tip.
You'd think so, but that's been a standard abbreviation around the Internet for at least 5 years.
INAL would be less ANALy, I'm Not A Lawyer but I love IANAL because I have to stop and think about butts.
Closer to 15
it's a lot older than that. dates back to usenet, so three decades at least.
Question is when it became "the standard". We need an internet historian to weigh in.
I figured it was longer, but I couldn't be bothered to research it, so I could only speak from my own memory.
Let's be honest: ever met a non-anal lawyer?
Definitely true
Purdue mostly got away with what they did though. Half a million dead and just a relative slap on the wrist by comparison.