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Trial lawyers insist that the role they play is a vital one. The ability to sue for injuries is a basic American right, they say, one that supporters of tort reform are scheming to take away. "[Tort reform] is no more than a code to close the courthouse down to poor and middle-class people," says Jamail. "You don't see these corporations being tentative or bashful about running to the courthouse against each other or against individuals who don't pay their bills...
...could get ugly. In fact, it already has. Last fall during a congressional fight over the right to sue HMOs, the managed-care industry broadcast TV commercials showing a shark feeding as an announcer said archly, "America's richest trial lawyers are circling--and your health plan is the bait." The trial lawyers, for their part, recently targeted Senator Conrad Burns, a Montana Republican, for sponsoring a bill that would make it harder to sue asbestos manufacturers. Their ad featured a Montana woman walking in a graveyard and accusing Burns of "standing up for the people that made me sick...
...coveted award seven and a half years ago, for my magazine cover story designating the newly elected Bill Clinton as TIME's Man of the Year. In retrospect, I do not claim that the award was entirely undeserved; I gushed a lot, and I did not foresee Monica Lewinsky. Sue me. But for the honor of the award, I would have felt better if Bozell had simply called me up and told me the truth: "You're a f---ing idiot...
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...smoking-gun documents to light. But Freenet could also be put to less high-minded use. Critics say it will be a boon to drug dealers, terrorists and child pornographers. And it poses a new threat to intellectual-property rights. With Napster, at least there's a company to sue and a way to trace individuals who have downloaded CDs. If Freenet catches on, it may be impossible to find anyone to punish...