https://www.overlawyered.com/2012/02/class-action-lawyers-swarm-around-buyout-deals/ Chronicling the high cost of our legal system Thu, 09 Feb 2012 02:45:26 +0000 hourly 1 https://www.overlawyered.com/2012/02/class-action-lawyers-swarm-around-buyout-deals/comment-page-1/#comment-141867 Thu, 09 Feb 2012 02:45:26 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/?p=27439#comment-141867 They put out the press releases to get attention from the press and (they hope) get quoted somewhere. The PLSRA killed any advantage to trolling for a bunch of individual plaintiffs; these days, the law firms have close relationships and delicate courtships of the large pension funds, so they can represent them if one of their large ownership stakes is affected.

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