Comments on: July 14 roundup https://www.overlawyered.com/2010/07/july-14-roundup-2/ Chronicling the high cost of our legal system Wed, 14 Jul 2010 22:20:32 +0000 hourly 1 By: valhawk https://www.overlawyered.com/2010/07/july-14-roundup-2/comment-page-1/#comment-94551 Wed, 14 Jul 2010 22:20:32 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/?p=18178#comment-94551 “Draco Slaughter, 75, was ordered held on bail Monday at his arraignment in Suffolk County District Court. His court-appointed attorney entered a not guilty plea on his behalf to a charge of reporting a false incident, a felony.”

Draco Slaughter, I can’t bring myself to believe that this is a real person. I mean with a name like that he better be an internatioal hitman or something.

]]> By: PointOfLaw Forum https://www.overlawyered.com/2010/07/july-14-roundup-2/comment-page-1/#comment-94503 Wed, 14 Jul 2010 15:27:50 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/?p=18178#comment-94503 Obama administration’s $1.6 billion earmark to trial lawyers…

Trial lawyer lobbyist (and now AAJ (f.k.a. ATLA) president) Linda Lipsen ruefully told her annual convention last year that a bill by Senator Specter to give trial lawyers a tax break could not pass as a stand-alone and that it……

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