Since aspecificanalysis of Minnesota has yet to be completed, Gates uses findings from other states and compares them to Minnesota's roughly 15, 000 same-sex couples.
Khosla had a more specificanalysis of startups from the popular Silicon Valley incubator Y Combinator, arguing that they are essentially a victim of their own success.
Thus, in a typical analysis, the lawyer is focused on a fact-specific transaction and would analyze each and every duty or obligation imposed by law and determine what must be done to comply and what must be avoided so as not to breach some duty imposed by statute, regulation, common law, or the contractual obligations underlying the transaction itself.