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Legal Armies, in Search of New Battles
Washington Post ^

Posted on 04/10/2006 12:02:20 PM PDT by indthkr

Standing in his K Street office with a headset glued to his ear, Andrew Jay Schwartzman thinks of himself as a guerrilla leader launching lightning raids against the nation's big communications companies to defend the public interest. In a corner office three blocks down K Street, former Federal Communications Commission chairman Richard E. Wiley commands an army of lawyers on behalf of many of the country's major telephone, cable and media groups. Operating at opposite ends of the spectrum, the two are among the thousands of lawyers......

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Culture/Society; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: communications; fcc; lawyers; legal
Ah, the never ending search to find new sources of wealth to re-distribute...........
1 posted on 04/10/2006 12:02:23 PM PDT by indthkr
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To: indthkr
Shakespear had it right:

First - kill all the lawyers

2 posted on 04/10/2006 12:10:26 PM PDT by lovecraft (Specialization is for insects.)
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To: lovecraft
Shakespear had it right: First - kill all the lawyers

You mean that you agree with Shakespeare? That to create anarchy, you must first kill all the lawyers?

3 posted on 04/10/2006 12:12:14 PM PDT by ContemptofCourt
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To: ContemptofCourt

I agree that it is a good start.


4 posted on 04/10/2006 12:16:37 PM PDT by lovecraft (Specialization is for insects.)
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