"If I was a diplomat and you send me to North Korea, it would be important to know how North Korea works." That's not necessarily a statement one would immediately connect with the plaintiffs bar, especially, if it was uttered by Michael Rhodes, head of Cooley's cyber, data and privacy practice. But it is a line from a podcast moderated by plaintiffs firm leader Jay Edelson during a conversation with his defense-side colleague talking jokingly about the importance of understanding your opponent.