In case anyone thinks I exaggerate about lawyers being just criminals working within the law (or close to its edges), here is a link (you have to subscribe with $) which supports my view.
http://online.wsj.com/article/0,,SB105883311812979900,00.html?mod=opinion%5Fmain%5Fcommentaries A short excerpt: On July 10, following a massive state bar investigation, three principals of the Beverly Hills-based Trevor Law Group decided not to fight disbarment on charges they'd wrongfully sent demand letters to thousands of small businesses offering not to sue them in exchange for "settlements" amounting to thousands of dollars apiece. Basically, these officers of the court (that's what they call themselves in court) were running a protection racket. Al Capone did this in Chicago. There is a law in CA allowing anyone to sue a business for improper practices, whether or not there is any plaintiff to claim injury. Examples: You say you have the best pizza in town. This is shown to be false. They could sue you for all your income during the time you ran this ad. Or, if you make candles, you can be sued for the emissions they put out. No injured plaintiffs are required. After the outrage noted in the editorial, the lawyers in the CA assembly modified the law, making it easier to sue. Joel On Mon, Jul 21, 2003 at 10:41:43PM -0400, Joel Hammer wrote: > Is the original letter spam? > BTW: > If you are trapped in a cage with a lion, a poisonous snake, and a lawyer, > and have a gun with two bullets, what should you do? > > Ans: Shoot the lawyer twice. > > Being philosophical, I guess we hate lawyers because they use the > legal system as a lever to rob honest and productive people. Proof: > Lawyers hardly every sue a poor lazy person with no assets. There is > little difference between organized crime and the legal system, when you > think about it. The lawyers work within the law and the criminals work > outside the law, but they are both doing the same thing. Settle disputes > for a price, keep the peace, and demand a piece of the action. If left > uncontrolled, they pauperize everyone. > > Actually, there is a law professor, I have heard, at Northeastern U. in > Boston, who makes all his students in one class file a class action suit > as part of their course work. It was suggested that the students sue > the professor for encouraging frivolous suits. I am not sure if any of > his students followed that suggestion, however. > > Joel > > > > iOn Mon, Jul 21, 2003 at 10:08:50PM -0400, Harry Giles wrote: > > On Mon July 21 2003 09:48 pm, Linux Novice wrote: > > > update SCO Group, a company that says Linux infringes on its Unix > > > intellectual property, announced on Monday that it has been granted key > > > Unix copyrights and will start a program to let companies that run Linux > > > avoid litigation by paying licensing fees. > > > > > This is caused by the fact we have WAY too many lawyers in this country > > trying to generate inane cases to make a buck. > > > > What do you call a bus half filled with lawyers going over a cliff? > > > > A waste of space. > > > > Just my opinion. > > > > > > Harry G > > > > PS: Don't sue me. I am married and broke. > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Linux-users mailing list > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc -> http://www.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users > _______________________________________________ > Linux-users mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc -> http://www.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users _______________________________________________ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc -> http://www.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
