Comments on: Pro bono as profit center III: Skadden and Chinatown restaurant case http://overlawyered.com/2008/02/pro-bono-as-profit-center-iii-skadden-and-chinatown-restaurant-case/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=pro-bono-as-profit-center-iii-skadden-and-chinatown-restaurant-case Chronicling the high cost of our legal system Sun, 27 May 2012 13:04:59 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: probonooutrage http://overlawyered.com/2008/02/pro-bono-as-profit-center-iii-skadden-and-chinatown-restaurant-case/comment-page-1/#comment-10790 probonooutrage Tue, 19 Feb 2008 18:14:09 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/wpblog/?p=5877#comment-10790 What a shocking story. Skadden wins a pro bono case on behalf of some down trodden indigent workers, spends 1000s of hours in the process, wins a large verdict for the plaintiffs' wrongdoing, and then turns around and donates it all to charity to help others. Shocking. How can they live with themselves!! What a shocking story. Skadden wins a pro bono case on behalf of some down trodden indigent workers, spends 1000s of hours in the process, wins a large verdict for the plaintiffs’ wrongdoing, and then turns around and donates it all to charity to help others. Shocking. How can they live with themselves!!

]]> By: Anonymous Attorney http://overlawyered.com/2008/02/pro-bono-as-profit-center-iii-skadden-and-chinatown-restaurant-case/comment-page-1/#comment-10789 Anonymous Attorney Mon, 18 Feb 2008 11:51:40 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/wpblog/?p=5877#comment-10789 The answer to Brett's question, of course, is not "the public," but an ethnically-specific portion of the public, and Skadden Arps. Walter, now might be a great opportunity for a link to your colleague Heather MacDonald's brilliant evisceration of the whole world of "pro bono" law published in City Journal several years ago. The answer to Brett’s question, of course, is not “the public,” but an ethnically-specific portion of the public, and Skadden Arps.

Walter, now might be a great opportunity for a link to your colleague Heather MacDonald’s brilliant evisceration of the whole world of “pro bono” law published in City Journal several years ago.

]]> By: Brett http://overlawyered.com/2008/02/pro-bono-as-profit-center-iii-skadden-and-chinatown-restaurant-case/comment-page-1/#comment-10788 Brett Mon, 18 Feb 2008 08:16:11 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/wpblog/?p=5877#comment-10788 Cui bono? Cui bono?

]]> By: Mike http://overlawyered.com/2008/02/pro-bono-as-profit-center-iii-skadden-and-chinatown-restaurant-case/comment-page-1/#comment-10787 Mike Mon, 18 Feb 2008 01:54:47 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/wpblog/?p=5877#comment-10787 From the original article on Law.com: Skadden partner Mark Cheffo said the firm's share of the award will be used for "legal and social organizations to support efforts on behalf of Chinese Americans and low-wage workers." From the original article on Law.com:

Skadden partner Mark Cheffo said the firm’s share of the award will be used for “legal and social organizations to support efforts on behalf of Chinese Americans and low-wage workers.”

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