https://www.overlawyered.com/2007/07/july-31-roundup/ Chronicling the high cost of our legal system Sat, 23 Aug 2008 17:35:53 +0000 hourly 1 https://www.overlawyered.com/2007/07/july-31-roundup/comment-page-1/#comment-27754 Sat, 23 Aug 2008 17:35:53 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/wpblog/?p=5169#comment-27754 […] In 2005, Sen. Biden praised “bottom-feeders” (his term) in the legal profession, saying it was worth it to let them collect big fees “to stop bad guys from doing bad things”. In another account, the Senator “began pounding the table in opposition to the bill [Class Action Fairness Act] as he praised plaintiffs attorneys”. On Sen. Biden’s overall alignment with the general trial lawyer cause, see our earlier links here, here, and here. […]

]]> https://www.overlawyered.com/2007/07/july-31-roundup/comment-page-1/#comment-8446 Tue, 31 Jul 2007 00:32:37 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/wpblog/?p=5169#comment-8446 It’s worth reading the appellate opinion in the “imprisonment for possessing prescribed medication” case (available online here), if only to see a classic example of “overliteral reading of a law gone horribly amok”.

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