http://overlawyered.com/2006/05/update-trial-lawyers-in-gop-primaries/ Chronicling the high cost of our legal system Tue, 14 Feb 2012 16:26:11 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 http://overlawyered.com/2006/05/update-trial-lawyers-in-gop-primaries/comment-page-1/#comment-3002 David Wilson Mon, 22 May 2006 14:06:25 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/wpblog/?p=3471#comment-3002 Like any powerful lobby, the plaintiffs' bar must be seeing the value of securing multiple beach heads. They own the Democrats, so why not make inroads with the Republicans? It's a good strategy, of course, but I wonder if folks like Charles Lewis of the Center for Public Integrity will take note of the obvious conflict of interest that occurs when lawmakers who have a direct financial interest in an unreformed tort system are also... standing in the way of that very reform. But claim to be fighting "for the people," I suppose, and you can convince lots of people to look the other way. Like any powerful lobby, the plaintiffs’ bar must be seeing the value of securing multiple beach heads. They own the Democrats, so why not make inroads with the Republicans? It’s a good strategy, of course, but I wonder if folks like Charles Lewis of the Center for Public Integrity will take note of the obvious conflict of interest that occurs when lawmakers who have a direct financial interest in an unreformed tort system are also… standing in the way of that very reform. But claim to be fighting “for the people,” I suppose, and you can convince lots of people to look the other way.

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