Felix Salmon wonders whether these services, including their “we’ll fire off nastygrams to bloggers for you” subsector, are really worth the money clients spend on them (Jul. 9; Kate Murphy, “Web of Lies”, Portfolio, Jul. 9).
Chronicling the high cost of our legal system
by Walter Olson on July 10, 2008
Felix Salmon wonders whether these services, including their “we’ll fire off nastygrams to bloggers for you” subsector, are really worth the money clients spend on them (Jul. 9; Kate Murphy, “Web of Lies”, Portfolio, Jul. 9).
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