Tough times ahead for Hairball's esteemed colleagues?
This article is an enjoyable read on the current travails of the world's
second oldest profession.
Posted on 11/29/2007 10:38:49 PM PST by Zakeet
The barons of the tort bar must have thought 2007 would be a very good year: Some of their biggest cases (Katrina, Enron) were set to pay out, and a Democratic Congress meant no more worries about legal reform. Talk about reversal of fortune: As the year ends, we are witnessing nothing short of the dismantling of what are alleged to be major tort criminal enterprises.
Bill Lerach, the king of class actions, stands disgraced as an admitted felon. His former partners at Milberg Weiss face trial for being part of the same kickback scheme as Lerach. Federal prosecutors continue to pursue a criminal probe into asbestos and silicosis litigation fraud. And now comes the indictment of Mississippi tort legend Richard "Dickie" Scruggs, who is trying to soak insurance companies the way he once did Big Tobacco.
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Tough times ahead for Hairball's esteemed colleagues?
This article is an enjoyable read on the current travails of the world's
second oldest profession.
http://www.newsmeat.com/fec/bystate_detail.php?city=Booneville&st=MS&last=balducci
They should be taken down with what they have done.
The appropriate punishment is five yearsin the slam and the confiscation of all, and I mean ALL of their assets; houses, cars cash stocks.
When they leave prison, they should get a prison made suit and shoes, $100.00 a bus ride to the nearest city, and a serious admonition to lead a better life.
Money and a rampaging ego is what drives them. Take both away as punishment and for some it will be worse than the death penalty.
Of course it is, Trent has been planning to open a cheerleading school for years.
Having worked at a company that had the misfortune of dealing with a Milberg Weiss phony stockholder suit, all I can say is: there is a God!
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