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Roberto Tallarita

assistant professor, Harvard Law School

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“it looks nice on paper, but it's very, very difficult and probably impossible to even come up with some criteria on how to assess whether the balancing is happening or not”
Lawfare Daily: Anthropic’s Safety Mission vs. Public-Company PressureThe Lawfare Podcast, November 10, 2026. Speaking as: Other. Answering how a shareholder could test whether Anthropic's board balances profit, stakeholders and its safety mission, as its public benefit charter requires.
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“I'm pretty confident that they are sincerely trying to pull off this very difficult balance between purpose and profit, but the reality is it's very, very hard”
Lawfare Daily: Anthropic’s Safety Mission vs. Public-Company PressureThe Lawfare Podcast, November 10, 2026. Speaking as: Other. Assessing Anthropic's sincerity after reading the filing and speaking to people close to the effort; the guest says there is no insider information.
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“the founders cannot fire the trustees or cannot get rid of the trustees unilaterally. They need to get substantial support from the employees as well.”
Lawfare Daily: Anthropic’s Safety Mission vs. Public-Company PressureThe Lawfare Podcast, November 10, 2026. Speaking as: Other. Describing the mechanism, called a kill switch in the episode, by which the long-term benefit trust's control rights can be removed.
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“the kill switch is in the hands of people who have a lot of wealth at stake, and the big question is will be care about humanity?”
Lawfare Daily: Anthropic’s Safety Mission vs. Public-Company PressureThe Lawfare Podcast, November 10, 2026. Speaking as: Other. Closing the argument that those who can remove the trustees are exposed to financial pressure.
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    Lawfare Daily: Anthropic’s Safety Mission vs. Public-Company Pressure

    In a 54-minute interview, Lawfare's Kevin Frazier and Harvard Law School's Roberto Tallarita go through the corporate structure in Anthropic's S-1: a public benefit corporation, a trust that appoints most directors, and founder-held super-voting shares. Tallarita doubts any of it will reliably hold against financial pressure.