Comments on: Paragraph of the day http://overlawyered.com/2008/01/paragraph-of-the-day/ Chronicling the high cost of our legal system Tue, 14 Feb 2012 06:39:32 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: tanj http://overlawyered.com/2008/01/paragraph-of-the-day/comment-page-1/#comment-10115 tanj Sat, 05 Jan 2008 21:47:44 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/wpblog/?p=5704#comment-10115 Don't worry the judge was not acting immorally, the money will go to the FTC. Don’t worry the judge was not acting immorally, the money will go to the FTC.

]]> By: Canada Bill Jones http://overlawyered.com/2008/01/paragraph-of-the-day/comment-page-1/#comment-10114 Canada Bill Jones Sat, 05 Jan 2008 16:17:07 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/wpblog/?p=5704#comment-10114 The Judge is wrong. It is immoral to let a sucker keep his money. The Judge is wrong.

It is immoral to let a sucker keep his money.

]]> By: mojo http://overlawyered.com/2008/01/paragraph-of-the-day/comment-page-1/#comment-10113 mojo Fri, 04 Jan 2008 13:55:05 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/wpblog/?p=5704#comment-10113 What, you mean you've never been snatched by the 17th Dimensioners? What, you mean you’ve never been snatched by the 17th Dimensioners?

]]> By: Richard Nieporent http://overlawyered.com/2008/01/paragraph-of-the-day/comment-page-1/#comment-10112 Richard Nieporent Fri, 04 Jan 2008 09:05:29 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/wpblog/?p=5704#comment-10112 <i>He spends much of the opinion addressing the Q-Ray company’s defense that the Q-Ray Ionized Bracelet is legit because it exhibits the placebo effect. </i> The only thing I can say is that the lawyers for Q-Ray give new meaning to the word chutzpah. Their argument adds insult to injury. Did they really believe that the judge would be stupid enough to fall for such a defense? He spends much of the opinion addressing the Q-Ray company’s defense that the Q-Ray Ionized Bracelet is legit because it exhibits the placebo effect.

The only thing I can say is that the lawyers for Q-Ray give new meaning to the word chutzpah. Their argument adds insult to injury. Did they really believe that the judge would be stupid enough to fall for such a defense?

]]> By: OBQuiet http://overlawyered.com/2008/01/paragraph-of-the-day/comment-page-1/#comment-10111 OBQuiet Thu, 03 Jan 2008 19:07:35 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/wpblog/?p=5704#comment-10111 Not all infomercials are fraud. I remember channel surfing one night and finding a refreshingly honest woman telling viewers that her product, "...will literally take years off your life!" What more could a lawyer ask for? Not all infomercials are fraud.

I remember channel surfing one night and finding a refreshingly honest woman telling viewers that her product, “…will literally take years off your life!”

What more could a lawyer ask for?

]]> By: Jason Barney http://overlawyered.com/2008/01/paragraph-of-the-day/comment-page-1/#comment-10110 Jason Barney Thu, 03 Jan 2008 18:15:17 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/wpblog/?p=5704#comment-10110 That's a good ruling, but one can't help but wonder who falls for such fanciful claims about a product. And, the "fine" is apparently a disgorgement of profits, ill-gotten. But, what I like is that (presumably) since the government brought the suit on behalf of consumers, private plaintiff lawyers don't walk off as multi-millionaires after carving 1/3 or more from the fine/judgment. That’s a good ruling, but one can’t help but wonder who falls for such fanciful claims about a product.

And, the “fine” is apparently a disgorgement of profits, ill-gotten. But, what I like is that (presumably) since the government brought the suit on behalf of consumers, private plaintiff lawyers don’t walk off as multi-millionaires after carving 1/3 or more from the fine/judgment.

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