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Cough it up: Costs rise when liability lawyers have free rein in the courts
- A federal court in Philadelphia ruled against Wal-Mart last week in a class action lawsuit brought on behalf of 125,000 employees allegedly cheated out of overtime pay. Unless Wal-Mart wins an appeal, the retail giant will have to pay $62.3 million.
- A federal court in Philadelphia ruled against Wal-Mart last week in a class action lawsuit brought on behalf of 125,000 employees allegedly cheated out of overtime pay. Unless Wal-Mart wins an appeal, the retail giant will have to pay $62.3 million.
Defrauding justice: Should Congress investigate the liabilities lawsuit industry?
- Whenever consumers are victimized by shoddy products and dishonest business practices, news cameras roll, headline-hungry congressmen posture for the media and liabilities lawyers scramble to be first to file suits at the courthouse.
- Whenever consumers are victimized by shoddy products and dishonest business practices, news cameras roll, headline-hungry congressmen posture for the media and liabilities lawyers scramble to be first to file suits at the courthouse.
Influential friends: Attorneys General can steer millions toward litigators
- In their quest to open new income streams, liability lawyers have in recent years increasingly turned to state attorneys general to sanction lucrative suits, as well as for tax-funded but often unaccountable contracts for a variety of legal services.
- In their quest to open new income streams, liability lawyers have in recent years increasingly turned to state attorneys general to sanction lucrative suits, as well as for tax-funded but often unaccountable contracts for a variety of legal services.
