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Bullies
“We cannot use force.”
That was my response when a lawyer shouted at me, “You media types are bullies, too!”
We were arguing about my April 4 Wall Street Journal op-ed that called class-action and securities lawyers bullies and parasites who enrich themselves through extortion. It’s legal extortion, but extortion nonetheless.
These aggressive lawyers and their Naderite defenders [...]
The Money Lawyers: The No-Holds-Barred World of Today’s Richest and Most Powerful Lawyers
By Joseph C. Goulden Reviewed by Martin Morse Wooster
1Apr2007 | Martin Morse Wooster | 0 comments | Continued-
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