In perhaps a gingerly manner, the Boston Globe profiles Howard M. Cooper, who has established a busy niche as the go-to lawyer for judges who want to sue news outlets for alleged defamation, after getting good results for Judge Ernest Murphy.
Chronicling the high cost of our legal system
by Walter Olson on June 7, 2010
In perhaps a gingerly manner, the Boston Globe profiles Howard M. Cooper, who has established a busy niche as the go-to lawyer for judges who want to sue news outlets for alleged defamation, after getting good results for Judge Ernest Murphy.
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