Hasta La Vista Joe Flom

Is it possible that Joe Flom could somehow find a way to compete with Marty Lipton, the iconic M&A lawyer who invented the poison pill? We suppose that if sometime in the future, Joe Flom was to send a Marty Lipton cyborg clone back in time, it is theoretically possible that future Joe Flom’s Marty Lipton cyborg clone could defeat the real Marty Lipton. Of course, this assumes that Joe Flom’s Marty Lipton cyborg clone would be able to gain admission to the Wharton School of Business, possess the acumen to fend off hostile tender offers with common household items (including a Mexican foodstuff), and do the Merengue like its no one’s business.

This begs the question: How do we really know that Marty Lipton isn’t really a Marty Lipton cyborg clone that was sent back in time and in fact successfully eliminated the real Marty Lipton? Yes, yes, we know. If Joe Flom could think of such a plot, are we really to believe that Marty Lipton would not think of it too? Based on our knowledge of Marty Lipton, and based on the content of this blog, it is obvious to us that Lipton would anticipate Joe Flom’s predictable move like a master chess player. There is little doubt that Lipton would beat Future Flom to the punch and send a cyborg clone of himself back in time to quash Joe Flom and his lesser Marty Lipton cyborg clone.