Comments on: ABA Journal on tobacco settlement https://www.overlawyered.com/2007/06/aba-journal-on-tobacco-settlement/ Chronicling the high cost of our legal system Fri, 27 Jun 2008 18:25:59 +0000 hourly 1 By: Tobacco Settlement Lawyer Sentenced in Bribery Case | OpenMarket.org https://www.overlawyered.com/2007/06/aba-journal-on-tobacco-settlement/comment-page-1/#comment-23116 Fri, 27 Jun 2008 18:25:59 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/wpblog/?p=4998#comment-23116 […] consumers got ripped off by those settlements, how corrupt trial lawyers like Scruggs collectively received more than $15 billion (not million, billion) for helping to rip-off the public, and how states are misusing the money they collected under the settlements. addthis_url = […]

]]> By: Deoxy https://www.overlawyered.com/2007/06/aba-journal-on-tobacco-settlement/comment-page-1/#comment-7711 Wed, 13 Jun 2007 16:38:55 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/wpblog/?p=4998#comment-7711 Ron,

Ethics and the tobacco judgement never met.

I’m not sure they’ve ever even been on the same planet.

]]> By: Ron Coleman https://www.overlawyered.com/2007/06/aba-journal-on-tobacco-settlement/comment-page-1/#comment-7710 Wed, 13 Jun 2007 13:43:27 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/wpblog/?p=4998#comment-7710 There is simply no scenario where it could be ethical for lawyers to earn those fees, especially when the retentions were doled out by government entities.

]]> By: Deoxy https://www.overlawyered.com/2007/06/aba-journal-on-tobacco-settlement/comment-page-1/#comment-7709 Wed, 13 Jun 2007 10:13:09 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/wpblog/?p=4998#comment-7709 Anyone with half a brain cell left would answer Linda Eads: “I knew that when it happened. I expected it before it happened. DUH.”

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