Comments on: ABA Journal on tobacco settlement http://overlawyered.com/2007/06/aba-journal-on-tobacco-settlement/ 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 By: Tobacco Settlement Lawyer Sentenced in Bribery Case | OpenMarket.org http://overlawyered.com/2007/06/aba-journal-on-tobacco-settlement/comment-page-1/#comment-23116 Tobacco Settlement Lawyer Sentenced in Bribery Case | OpenMarket.org Fri, 27 Jun 2008 18:25:59 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/wpblog/?p=4998#comment-23116 [...] consumers got ripped off by those settlements, how corrupt trial lawyers like Scruggs collectively received more than $15 billion (not million, billion) for helping to rip-off the public, and how states are misusing the money they collected under the settlements. addthis_url = [...] [...] consumers got ripped off by those settlements, how corrupt trial lawyers like Scruggs collectively received more than $15 billion (not million, billion) for helping to rip-off the public, and how states are misusing the money they collected under the settlements. addthis_url = [...]

]]> By: Deoxy http://overlawyered.com/2007/06/aba-journal-on-tobacco-settlement/comment-page-1/#comment-7711 Deoxy Wed, 13 Jun 2007 16:38:55 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/wpblog/?p=4998#comment-7711 Ron, Ethics and the tobacco judgement never met. I'm not sure they've ever even been on the same planet. Ron,

Ethics and the tobacco judgement never met.

I’m not sure they’ve ever even been on the same planet.

]]> By: Ron Coleman http://overlawyered.com/2007/06/aba-journal-on-tobacco-settlement/comment-page-1/#comment-7710 Ron Coleman Wed, 13 Jun 2007 13:43:27 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/wpblog/?p=4998#comment-7710 There is simply no scenario where it could be ethical for lawyers to earn those fees, especially when the retentions were doled out by government entities. There is simply no scenario where it could be ethical for lawyers to earn those fees, especially when the retentions were doled out by government entities.

]]> By: Deoxy http://overlawyered.com/2007/06/aba-journal-on-tobacco-settlement/comment-page-1/#comment-7709 Deoxy Wed, 13 Jun 2007 10:13:09 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/wpblog/?p=4998#comment-7709 Anyone with half a brain cell left would answer Linda Eads: "I knew that when it happened. I expected it before it happened. DUH." Anyone with half a brain cell left would answer Linda Eads: “I knew that when it happened. I expected it before it happened. DUH.”

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