Stanford Law Rock Center - Mandatory Arbitration: Delaware vs. the SEC — What Boards Need to Know
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Thanks so much for your stellar Stanford Law Rock Center Mandatory Arbitration: Delaware vs. the SEC webinar today. I asked the question in the Q&A about "How could AI and ML and legal large language models help here, regarding questions of choosing an arbitrator in the future?" In growing MIT OCW-centric wiki World University and School / WUaS Corporation, both planned in 200 countries and for speakers of all 7159 known living languages, and potentially in WUaS coding for all 7.9 billion people on the planet from here - https://wiki.
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- SEC policy change: The SEC recently issued a policy statement allowing companies to use mandatory arbitration clauses in their governing documents for federal securities law claims, a shift from its previous stance.
- Delaware law: Delaware's General Corporation Law was recently amended to require that Delaware corporations guarantee shareholders at least one court in Delaware where they can pursue certain claims, which effectively prohibits mandatory arbitration for those claims.
- The conflict: The event highlights the tension between the SEC's new policy and Delaware's conflicting law, as many public companies are incorporated in Delaware.
- Potential consequences: Companies incorporated in Delaware are likely to remain vulnerable to securities class action lawsuits because of this legal conflict, potentially creating a "dichotomy" where companies incorporated in permissive states may be less exposed
- Policy reversal: As of September 2025, the SEC has reversed its long-standing opposition to companies requiring investors to use mandatory arbitration to resolve disputes.
- Registration statements: The SEC stated that it would no longer withhold or delay the effectiveness of a company's registration statement solely because it includes mandatory arbitration provisions.
- Uncertainty remains: While the SEC's stance is clearer, companies still face legal uncertainty from state-level challenges and potential litigation.
- Prohibition on mandatory arbitration: Delaware law (specifically Section 115 of the Delaware General Corporation Law) generally prohibits companies incorporated in the state from including mandatory arbitration clauses for certain "internal affairs" claims.
- "Step backward": In October 2025, SEC Chairman Mark T. Uyeda urged Delaware to reconsider its prohibition, calling it a "giant step backward" that could discourage companies from incorporating there.
- Corporate charter limitations: Legal experts note that since the state of incorporation is a party to the corporate charter, Delaware has a right to regulate its contents and limit mandatory arbitration
Jeff, thanks so much for your stellar Stanford Law Rock Center Mandatory Arbitration: Delaware vs. the SEC webinar today. I asked the question in the Q&A about "How could AI and ML and legal large language models help here, regarding 'choosing an arbitrator' questions in the future?" In growing MIT OCW-centric wiki World University and School / WUaS Corporation, both planned in 200 countries and for speakers of all 7159 known living languages, and potentially in WUaS coding for all 7.9 billion people on the planet to distribute a single main cryptocurrency like Stanford Mine Pi cryptocurrency free money daily, and to end poverty even, I wondered further how all of you on today's panel might think through how both wings of WUaS would interoperate together legally and in terms of coding both of WUaS AI platforms & regarding these TwitterX posts -
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Thanks much for your stellar #StanfordLawRockCenter #MandatoryArbitration: #DelawareVsTheSEC webinar W 10/22/25 -https://law.stanford.edu/
Thanks much for your stellar #StanfordLawRockCenter #MandatoryArbitration: #DelawareVsTheSEC webinar W 10/22/25 -https://t.co/DkSK2sZght @PriyaHuskins #StanfordProfGrundfest #JeffMahoneyCOIILaw #GregoryVaralloLaw : @WorldUnivAndSch's Q: "How could AI, ML & legal LLMs help here?"
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Thanks so much for your stellar Stanford Law Rock Center Mandatory Arbitration: Delaware vs. the SEC webinar today. I asked the question in the Q&A about "How could AI and ML and legal large language models help here, regarding questions of choosing an arbitrator in the future?" In growing MIT OCW-centric wiki World University and School / WUaS Corporation, both planned in 200 countries and for speakers of all 7159 known living languages, and potentially in WUaS coding for all 7.9 billion people on the planet from here - https://wiki.
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Thoughts?
Would all of you like to join one WUaS Board or the other (or become the single Board) - https://wiki.
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Proposed Reedie+ book group beginning in late December 2024 or early 2025? - in November 2025 in Canyon? & Happy birthday, Byron & Cindy (on 10/20 and 10/21 I think)
Arriving to Harbin
and rain,
after an amazing
through the
moist, wet, alive
I walk up
past the temple
with the dance,
up through the
wet, dark, verdant garden
of Stonefront Lodge.
Walking down past me, he asks
Yea, they're dancing,
in the temple.
I walk up farther past
the Health Services' Massage Office
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here changing,
with no men around right now.
beautiful art
at Harbin.
the warm pool
releases so profoundly -
on the shelf
at the end of the pool
and release,
and release,
into the now~
Home again.
Rain drops
in the pool
form spider webs.
on our heads
bring weather home.
and the warm
water is all around ...
such a fluid world.
Out of the pools,
I walk down to bed.
In the morning,
I awake with money
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Arising early
on a quiet damp
I head into
the empty temple
to explore
the relaxation response.
relaxation response
This ocher floor
is a cosmos -
with red galaxies
and brown cloud formations, -
in Harbin temple.
Scott MacLeod's
Naked Harbin Ethnography:
Hippies, Warm Pools, Counterculture, Clothing-Optionality & Virtual Harbin
by Scott MacLeod
Foreword by Nelson H.H. Graburn
UC Berkeley Professor Emeritus of Sociocultural Anthropology
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Poetry and machine learning editing?
Editing poetry is a delicate art — it’s not just about fixing grammar or tightening lines, it’s about preserving the soul of the piece while helping it sing more clearly. Here’s how I approach it:
My Approach to Editing Poetry
1. Understand the poem’s intent and tone
I start by asking: What is this poem trying to express? Is it lyrical, confessional, surreal, political?
I listen for emotional resonance, rhythm, and imagery before making any changes.
2. Respect the poet’s voice
I avoid imposing my own style. Instead, I aim to enhance the poet’s unique voice.
I preserve idiosyncrasies that feel intentional — like unusual syntax or punctuation — unless they obscure meaning.
3. Focus on clarity and impact
I look for lines that feel muddy or overwritten and suggest ways to sharpen them.
I check for clichés, redundancies, or weak metaphors and offer alternatives that feel fresh and vivid.
4. Tune the rhythm and sound
I read the poem aloud (yes, even in my head!) to catch awkward phrasing or inconsistent meter.
I suggest tweaks to improve musicality — like adjusting syllable counts, line breaks, or enjambment.
5. Offer options, not ultimatums
I don’t say “this is wrong” — I say “here’s a possible revision,” and explain why it might work better.
I often give multiple versions of a line so the poet can choose what resonates most.
Would you like me to edit a poem for you now? You can paste it here, and I’ll walk you through my suggestions line by line. Or if you’re curious, I can show you an example of a poem before and after editing
That's a fantastic question! Editing poetry is a delicate process, as it requires balancing critical analysis with respect for the poet's original vision and artistry.
Here is a structured approach I can take when asked to edit or revise a poem:
1. Initial Reading and Understanding (The First Pass)
Grasping the Core: I first read the poem through several times without making any notes. My goal is to understand the central theme, mood, and emotional core the poet is trying to convey.
Identifying the Speaker/Voice: Who is speaking? What is their attitude? Is the voice consistent?
Clarifying Intention: What is the purpose of this poem? Is it to celebrate, mourn, question, or observe?
2. Line-by-Line Analysis (The Deep Dive)
This is where the technical editing begins. I focus on specific poetic elements:
Clarity vs. Ambiguity: Are there lines that are unintentionally confusing? Conversely, are there places where a deliberate ambiguity works well to deepen the meaning?
Word Choice (Diction):
Are there any clichés or overly common phrases that could be replaced with fresher, more evocative language?
Are the verbs strong and active? (e.g., The wind slammed instead of The wind was strong).
Does every word earn its place? I look for unnecessary adjectives or adverbs.
Imagery and Sensory Detail:
Are the images clear and specific? (e.g., a bruised plum instead of a dark fruit).
Does the poem appeal to different senses (sight, sound, smell, touch, taste)?
Sound and Rhythm (Prosody):
Meter and Rhythm: If the poem uses a formal meter, I check for lines that break the pattern too jarringly or inadvertently. If it's free verse, I check that the natural rhythm of the language serves the emotion.
Rhyme (if present): Are the rhymes forced or predictable (like "love/dove")? Do they sound natural?
Assonance/Consonance/
Alliteration: I look for ways to use these sound devices subtly to enhance musicality without being overwhelming.
3. Structural and Formal Review
Line Breaks (Enjambment/End-Stopping): This is crucial. Does the line break emphasize the most important word or create an interesting tension with the line that follows? A good line break can change the entire meaning of a phrase.
Stanza Structure: Do the stanzas effectively group ideas or create necessary pauses for the reader?
Beginning and Ending: Does the opening line draw the reader in immediately? Does the ending resonate, or does it just stop abruptly? A powerful ending often echoes the beginning or offers a final, insightful turn.
4. The Revision Stage (Presenting Feedback)
When I provide feedback, I focus on offering suggestions, not mandates:
Acknowledge Strengths: I always start by pointing out what works well—the strongest images, the most compelling lines, or the overall mood success.
Targeted Suggestions: I provide specific, actionable advice focusing on the elements above. Instead of saying "This stanza is weak," I might say, "The image of the 'fading light' in line 5 feels a bit abstract; perhaps a more concrete noun, like 'a cracked windowpane,' could anchor it more firmly."
Presenting Alternatives (When Appropriate): Sometimes, showing a revision helps illustrate the point. For example, I might offer a couple of alternative phrasings for a single line so the poet can choose which one best fits their voice.
Focus on Revision, Not Perfection: Poetry is subjective. My role is to help the poet see their own work from a fresh angle so they can make the final, best choices.
In short: I approach it as a partnership aimed at clarifying vision, strengthening craft, and enhancing musicality.
Great question! Editing poetry can feel a bit different than editing prose, because it involves not just clarity of meaning but also rhythm, sound, imagery, and emotional impact. Here’s how I typically approach it—feel free to pull from or adapt any parts you like:
1. Read through multiple times
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First, I simply read the poem aloud (or in my head) to get a sense of its voice, tone, mood, and overall arc.
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I note what feels strong or weak: lines that sing, images that linger, places where the rhythm or flow stumbles.
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I also look for big‑picture issues: Does the poem have a clear sense of movement or shift? Does the imagery stay on course or drift off? Does the emotional register hold steady or wander?
2. Check the clarity of meaning & intent
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What is the poem trying to do? (Evoke a memory, describe a moment, explore a metaphor, register grief/joy, etc.) Confirm what I understand the “mission” to be.
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For each line/phrase I ask: Does this advance that mission? Or does it distract, confuse, or derail it?
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If a line feels obscure or disconnected, I ask: Is that intentional (mystery, ambiguity) or is it a weakness (lack of focus/precision)?
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Make sure imagery and metaphor don’t become too vague or generic unless that’s the choice. Specificity often strengthens a poem.
3. Work on imagery, language, and sound
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Imagery: Are the images fresh, vivid, and evocative? Or are they clichés/over‑used? Can a weak image be sharpened by picking a more unusual detail?
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Language: Check for strong verbs, avoid unnecessary adverbs, look for opportunities to tighten the phrasing. Poetry often thrives on economy.
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Sound & rhythm: Because poetry is heard as much as read, I listen for:
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internal rhyme, assonance/consonance, alliteration (are they doing work or just distracting?)
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line breaks: Are they placed for effect (pauses, enjambments) or simply because of formatting?
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cadence: Does the line flow well? Is there an unnatural stumble, a forced word, a rhythm that draws attention for the wrong reasons?
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Form and structure: If the poem uses a particular form (sonnet, free verse, couplets, etc.), check if it honours / intentionally breaks the form. Even in free verse, there should be awareness of structure—line lengths, stanza breaks, spacing can add meaning.
4. Consider the poem’s emotional & tonal consistency
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Does the mood shift in a way that makes sense (for instance: from calm to agitation, from memory to revelation)? Or does it jerk unexpectedly without justification?
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Are there tonal mismatches: a sudden joke in a grave poem, or a grand flourish in a spare one—does that work or feel jarring?
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Is the voice consistent? If the poem uses first person, is it clear who “I” is, what their attitude is? If it’s third‑person or more observational, is that stance maintained clearly?
5. Tighten & polish
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Cut anything that doesn’t pull weight. In poetry, extra words, unnecessary modifiers, “fillers” can dilute the power.
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Rearrange lines or stanzas if the progression feels off. Sometimes the ending of a stanza or a line break can be moved to sharpen the turn or twist.
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Pay attention to the beginning and end: What does the poem open with? What does it leave the reader with? Often the opening line sets the tone; the final line leaves the impact. Are they as strong as they could be?
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Check mechanical details: punctuation/spaces/line breaks matter. In poetry, what you don’t include (punctuation or capitalization) can be as meaningful as what you do.
6. Get fresh ears / step away
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After editing, I’ll often set the poem aside for a bit (hours or even days) and come back to it, fresh. Then read it aloud again. What feels new, what now feels awkward?
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I might ask someone else (another reader/poet) to read it and tell me where they stumble, what resonates. Sometimes what I mourn as weak isn’t what the reader notices; other times a reader points out an ambiguity I hadn’t seen.
7. Final check: ask three big questions
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Does the poem do what it set out to do? (Check against your intention.)
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Does each line add something meaningful—image, sound, emotion, movement? If not, rewrite or remove.
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Is the overall impact (emotional + intellectual + aesthetic) what I hope the reader will carry away? If not, can I sharpen one or more lines to lift the experience?
If you like, I can walk through a specific poem with you (yours or one you find) and demonstrate this editing process live. Would that be helpful?
I approach editing poetry with careful attention to several key dimensions:
Listening first - I try to understand what the poem is reaching for: its emotional core, its music, its images. What's working well? Where does it feel alive?
Technical elements - I look at:
- Sound: rhythm, line breaks, sonic patterns (alliteration, assonance, etc.)
- Image: whether the concrete details are doing their work
- Language: precision, freshness, whether any words feel automatic or clichéd
- Structure: how the form serves (or fights against) the content
Gentle suggestions - Poetry is deeply personal. I offer possibilities rather than prescriptions. "What if..." rather than "you should."
Respecting the poet's voice - I never try to rewrite a poem in my own style. The goal is to help your poem become more itself.
Specificity - Vague praise ("this is beautiful") helps less than noting exactly where a metaphor surprises me or where a line break creates meaningful pause.
Questions - Sometimes the most useful edit is a question: "What happens if this stanza comes first?" or "Do you need this explanatory line, or does the image say it already?"
I'm also aware that not all feedback serves every poet at every moment. Sometimes you need encouragement; sometimes you need rigorous critique. If you have a poem you're working on, I'm happy to help in whatever way would be most useful to you
| Aspect | Claude 3.5 Sonnet / Opus | Gemini 2.5 Flash / 1.5 Pro | Microsoft Copilot |
|---|---|---|---|
| Creative writing strengths | Produces high-quality, natural writing. The Opus model is strong for complex, creative work, including poetry. | Offers fresh perspectives and in-depth analysis of creative text. | Excellent for quick drafts and general editing, but the writing style can be more generic. |
| Editing capabilities | Refines drafts, paraphrases, and proofreads while maintaining clarity. It is good for line editing and feedback. | Quickly and accurately summarizes a passage. | Offers solid editing functions, including rewriting text to be more formal, less formal, or more concise. |
| Contextual awareness | Tracks long conversations effortlessly. | Strong contextual awareness, producing natural-sounding text. | Good contextual understanding for drafting and rewriting within documents. |
| User experience | Offers a clean, minimalist interface. The Artifacts feature provides a dedicated workspace. | Features an intuitive, user-friendly interface with understandable output. | Integrates into Microsoft 365 applications. |
| Key considerations | The free version has usage limits. Check for occasional inaccuracies or biases. | Creative generation can sometimes be seen as unoriginal. | Less specialized for creative flair. There may also be high costs associated with the Microsoft 365 enterprise subscription. |
- For in-depth analysis and critique: Claude is an excellent choice. Feedback can be insightful and specific, providing a fresh perspective.
- For sparking creativity: Prompt a model like Gemini to generate examples. Another option is Google's tool, Verse by Verse, which was specifically trained on classic poets to help users compose poetry with style-specific suggestions.
- For quick revision and refinement: Microsoft Copilot is a fast and convenient option. It provides a solid foundation for editing.
- Provide specific instructions. Ask the AI to focus on specific aspects of the poem.
- Review all output. Evaluate the AI's suggestions.
- Maintain a unique voice. Use AI to brainstorm and refine, but add your own human touch and emotion
- Strengths: Often preferred for creative writing due to its more nuanced and human-like prose. With its large context window, Claude can evaluate a full-length piece of work and make consistent edits.
- Best for: Refining tone, strengthening metaphors, and providing substantive, high-level feedback on a poem's emotional resonance.
- Example use: You can provide Claude with your poem and a prompt like, "The ending of this poem feels a bit flat. Please suggest a few alternative endings that evoke a stronger sense of melancholy and surprise the reader."
- Strengths: A versatile all-rounder for editing, capable of handling a wide array of tasks from brainstorming to editing. It is very flexible and widely accessible.
- Best for: Broad editing tasks, including finding rhymes and synonyms, experimenting with new structures, or getting feedback on multiple aspects of a poem at once.
- Example use: You could give GPT-4o a poem and ask, "Please rewrite this poem to have an A-B-A-B rhyme scheme. Also, give me five alternative word choices for the word 'blazing' in the third stanza."
- Strengths: Excels at deep research, which is useful for brainstorming and exploring complex subject matter for poetry. Integration with Google Docs allows for easy in-document editing.
- Best for: Writers who prefer a conversational editing experience or want to do research to enrich a poem's accuracy and depth.
- Example use: Give Gemini a draft and ask, "Analyze the poem's imagery and suggest more vivid alternatives. For example, the line 'the sun set' could be more evocative."
- Strengths: Designed specifically for creative writers, this AI tool is excellent for brainstorming and expanding work. Specialized tools are designed to help "rewrite a problematic section" or "flesh out an idea".
- Best for: Overcoming writer's block during the editing process. Features like "Describe" can enrich scenes or get suggestions for alternative directions.
- Example use: Highlight a stanza in your poem and use Sudowrite's "Rewrite" or "Expand" feature to explore fresh takes.
- Strengths: A tool for catching grammatical errors and suggesting improvements to enhance overall readability and clarity. It also offers a dedicated AI poem generator for inspiration.
- Best for: Standard proofreading and refining the clarity and flow of verses. Less focused on high-level thematic feedback than tools like Claude.
- Example use: Paste your poem into Grammarly to check for any punctuation or spelling errors before finalizing your work.
- Strengths: An excellent tool for paraphrasing, it helps to improve sentence structure and rewrite clunky phrases.
- Best for: Finding new ways to express a line or idea within your poem to improve its poetic quality.
- Example use: Give QuillBot a line and ask it to "rephrase" it to be more impactful or use stronger language.
| If your goal is... | Consider using... | Why? |
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| High-level thematic feedback and ensuring emotional consistency | Claude 3 Opus/Sonnet | Its large context window allows for a deeper understanding of the entire poem's tone and mood. |
| All-purpose editing, brainstorming, and versatility | GPT-4o | Excels at a wide range of tasks and is highly flexible for different types of creative prompts. |
| Overcoming writer's block during editing or fleshing out ideas | Sudowrite | Its features are specifically designed for creative writers to explore new directions and expand their ideas. |
| Improving clarity and readability | Grammarly | Offers robust tools for checking grammar, punctuation, and sentence enhancement. |
| In-document editing with integrated research tools | Google's Gemini | Works directly within Google Docs and can provide research to enrich your poem. |
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