<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by Counsellor:
Why so vehement, mdtony? I've noticed a number of places on the board where you've posted emotional comments of this nature. Did you once lose a lawsuit or something?</font>
No, I'm just sick of sleazeball lawyers who pretend to be suing on my behalf getting millions while I get a coupon worth ten bucks or something similar. And I'm disgusted with people who encourage such behavior.
I just got my notice that I was entitled to one commission free trade due to something that one of my former brokers was alleged to have done. They settled the case without admitting wrongdoing -- just like AMR did -- and the scumbags that filed the lawsuit walked away with tens of millions of dollars. Me? I get one free $19.95 trade.
There's another case where the sleazeball lawyers who filed a class action case against H&R Block will walk away with tens of millions of dollars, while the people who they are supposed to represent get coupons for tax prep software. Hello? The reason they went to H&R Block in the first place is because they don't do their own taxes!
You ought to be as adamently opposed to these lawsuits as anyone, because they make members of your profession look like shysters who all work for the law firm of Dewey, Cheatum, and Howe.