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Big business and big corporations manipulate science to their own profits

Big business and big corporations manipulate science to their own profits

The National Law Journal of July 23rd has an article entitled "Manipulating Science" by Jon Haber. It is worth reading. Haber correctly begins by saying "Corporations will stop at nothing to make and protect their profits, even when they put America lives at risk. Then, when they are shown to be knowingly marketing dangerous products, they typically employ every possible tactic to avoid accountability." How true in my experience over almost fifty years of law practice suing big business and…

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More thoughts about rating trial lawyers

More thoughts about rating trial lawyers

The latest commercial rating system AVVO has caused considerable comment and controversy. A Seattle lawyer has threatened to sue them over his low rating and the newspapers have been running articles about the reaction of lawyers and othersto the site. Comments on this blog about thesite reflect the reaction ofpeople generally. So, how accurate is the the rating system and does it serve a useful purpose? As to the accuracy, lawyers have already found ways of raising the assigned score…

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