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byNETHED ( 258016 ) writes:
You know, I think the Lawyers are on our side FOR ONCE. They are milking SCO dry. Anyway I could contact them so they would have to bill SCO? I know, lets SLASHDOT the Lawyer office, and make sure that they bill SCO.
Better be quiet, FBI might come knocking (*AGAIN*)
byyog ( 19073 ) writes:
I know you're kidding but it's still a sad commentary on the way the legal profession has undermined the economy.
Those lawyers have done nothing for SCO and yet they have greatly enriched themselves from shareholders' money. Granted some of that money came from outfits with questionable morals themselves, like The Canopy Group, but that's also money that could have been invested in hiring software people to help improve their products and their competitive position in the market. SCO was once a reputable
byrkent ( 73434 ) writes:
I know you're kidding but it's still a sad commentary on the way the legal profession has undermined the economy. Those lawyers have done nothing for SCO and yet they have greatly enriched themselves from shareholders' money.
And who do you blame for this? The first response to jump to mind should be "whatever jackass decided to pay the lawyers so much for such a hopeless lawsuit". An old saw in the legal profession is that the reason lawyers are such assholes, is that clients are such assholes (see my
byrsilvergun ( 571051 ) writes:
A lawyer is the agent of his client's interests in the legal realm; simply that and nothing more.
That's akin to saying soldiers who commit war crimes are just agents of the Gov't. Sure, legally that may be true, but doing something morally reprehensible just because someone's paying you/ordering you still makes you morally bankrupt. More so for Lawyers, since they don't face face anything worse than losing a client by saying no.
Better example: Doctors who perform dangerous and unnecessary surgery at t
byrkent ( 73434 ) writes:
That's akin to saying soldiers who commit war crimes are just agents of the Gov't. Sure, legally that may be true, but doing something morally reprehensible just because someone's paying you/ordering you still makes you morally bankrupt.
Perhaps I should clarify. The standard to which lawyers are held is that they must practice "zealous advocacy" of their clients' interests (both in the civil and criminal areas, by the way). So once they've told you what their goals are, you have to pursue them to the extent possible within the law. That's the code of legal ethics. You HAVE to. Now, if you want to say the American system of legal ethics is morally bankrupt, you might have a point, but that's a whole other argument; the system what we've got right now.
Even within that standard, though, you have to be a zealous advocate "to the extent the law allows", which rules out things like purjury and participation in ongoing crimes. And frivolous litigation is forbidden, so I think someone might have a claim against these guys. But there's probably enough of a chance for them to win, that the litigation itself isn't "frivolous", so maybe we're just stuck with Darl McBride's lawsuits until his $31M runs out.
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