https://www.overlawyered.com/2006/01/colleagues-to-pattis-knock-it-off/ Chronicling the high cost of our legal system Mon, 09 Jan 2006 21:05:28 +0000 hourly 1 https://www.overlawyered.com/2006/01/colleagues-to-pattis-knock-it-off/comment-page-1/#comment-1842 Mon, 09 Jan 2006 21:05:28 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/wpblog/?p=2967#comment-1842 God bless Norm Pattis.

]]> https://www.overlawyered.com/2006/01/colleagues-to-pattis-knock-it-off/comment-page-1/#comment-1841 Mon, 09 Jan 2006 08:12:17 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/wpblog/?p=2967#comment-1841 Unfortunately, what we’re dealing with here is a situation where there are too many lawyers and too few cases with real merit. Many years ago, attorneys themselves were the “filtering mechanism” by which meritless cases were weeded out. Back then it was tacitly understood that no reputable, ethical attorney would take certain types of cases. These days, though, anything is fair game and attorneys are almost never sanctioned for participation in obviously frivolous litigation, thereby emboldening many to push the envelope far past the breaking point.

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