When Biglaw firms send out their press releases announcing a hotshot lateral hire, we take notice. Especially when it’s a game-changing acquisition of talent. So we’re somewhat embarrassed that we missed when Latham & Watkins hired a f**king Autobot.
According to Instagram user robertmasek, this was outside the TechCrunch Disrupt show in San Francisco yesterday. Megabots is a giant robot fighting challenge for people who lost interest in Battlebots but incorrectly diagnosed the problem as “because the robots weren’t big enough,” as opposed to “because fighting robots are boring.” And apparently Latham sees this as an opportunity to capture the critical interdimensional Kaiju demographic.
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So, um, Latham associates… when the partners say “enter your time on a daily basis,” you’d sure as hell better get those hours in, or else.
In case you’re interested, here’s some more about Megabots:
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