Sunday, November 12, 2006

Hostile Takeover... Legal Rights

Chapter 10 of Hostile Takeover by David Sirota is about the legal rights and the claims that "frivolous" lawsuits by greedy trial lawyers are ruining our society when this is really just a stunt to limit legal rights of people.

In just the five years that Cheney served as Halliburton's CEO, the corporation was involved in 151 court claims it filled in fifteen states. That's an average of 30 lawsuits per year under Cheney's leadership. Though Halliburton makes each year, no lawsuit seem too small or "frivolous" to the company under Cheney, as it sued debtors for as little as $1,500.
Read more from Hostile Takeover...
Introduction
Jobs
Wages
Debt
Pensions
Health Care
Prescription Drugs
Energy
Unions

2 comments:

The Publican said...

That sonofabitch! How dare he sue people who don't pay their bills!

noneed4thneed said...

That sonofbitch! How dare that working family sue the negligent Company or irresponsible doctor.