Anatomy of a Madison County (Illinois) Class Action
Title | Anatomy of a Madison County (Illinois) Class Action PDF eBook |
Author | Lester Brickman |
Publisher | |
Pages | 72 |
Release | 2002 |
Genre | Class actions (Civil procedure) |
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The Manhattan Institute released today a case study by Professor Lester Brickman of Cardozo Law School on how class action litigation in state courts allows attorneys to profit at the expense of their clients. Professor Brickman shows how the law firm of Ness, Motley, Loadholt, Richardson & Poole ('Ness Motley') struck a settlement agreement with a convicted felon for a $2 million dollar attorneys' fee and woefully failed to protect the interests of its clients--hundreds of thousands of elderly Americans.
Blocking the Courthouse Door
Title | Blocking the Courthouse Door PDF eBook |
Author | Stephanie Mencimer |
Publisher | Simon and Schuster |
Pages | 305 |
Release | 2006-12-05 |
Genre | Law |
ISBN | 0743277007 |
Charges the Bush administration and corporations with compromising civil liberties that protect the rights of Americans to sue, identifying the government's role in small business bankruptcy, and the deterioration of private medical practices.
Safeguarding Americans from a Legal Culture of Fear
Title | Safeguarding Americans from a Legal Culture of Fear PDF eBook |
Author | United States. Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary |
Publisher | |
Pages | 228 |
Release | 2004 |
Genre | Law |
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Lawyer Barons
Title | Lawyer Barons PDF eBook |
Author | Lester Brickman |
Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
Pages | 585 |
Release | 2011-01-31 |
Genre | Law |
ISBN | 1139497189 |
This book is a broad and deep inquiry into how contingency fees distort our civil justice system, influence our political system and endanger democratic governance. Contingency fees are the way personal injury lawyers finance access to the courts for those wrongfully injured. Although the public senses that lawyers manipulate the justice system to serve their own ends, few are aware of the high costs that come with contingency fees. This book sets out to change that, providing a window into the seamy underworld of contingency fees that the bar and the courts not only tolerate but even protect and nurture. Contrary to a broad academic consensus, the book argues that the financial incentives for lawyers to litigate are so inordinately high that they perversely impact our civil justice system and impose other unconscionable costs. It thus presents the intellectual architecture that underpins all tort reform efforts.
Bueker V. Madison County, Illinois
Title | Bueker V. Madison County, Illinois PDF eBook |
Author | |
Publisher | |
Pages | 352 |
Release | 2015 |
Genre | Legal briefs |
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Class Action Fairness Act of 2001
Title | Class Action Fairness Act of 2001 PDF eBook |
Author | United States. Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary |
Publisher | |
Pages | 216 |
Release | 2002 |
Genre | Law |
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Bringing Justice to Judicial Hellholes
Title | Bringing Justice to Judicial Hellholes PDF eBook |
Author | |
Publisher | |
Pages | 188 |
Release | 2002 |
Genre | Courts |
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