LAWYERS' VOICES ONLINE . . . Compelling, controversial, or pedestrian; always entertaining--

• "I have a good diet, I don't drink, I don't smoke. And I've done a lot of church work and community work." [100-year-old lawyer Richard Bird, as reported by the Deseret News] (link from MyShingle).
• "[E]ven the most pro-corporate, anti-personal rights advocate in Austin could never have intended full immunity to the drug companies to lie and deceive the FDA and walk away." [Mark Lanier on a Texas Vioxx ruling, as reported by the Houston Chronicle]
• "I do acknowledge however that at times I have been less than precise with my words when discussing the resignations." [Written statement of Attorney General Alberto Gonzales, as reported by the Associated Press].   
• "[S]ome time between September and today I became a millionaire . . ." [Ted Frank at Lagniappe]
• "Far from all 'lawsuit abuse' is committed by personal injury lawyers. Bogus commercial cases also exact a hidden 'tax' on the national economy — and one way or the other, it's the consumer and other bystanders, as well as small-business entrepreneurs (like my clients) and their employees, who ultimately pay that tariff." [Beldar at BeldarBlog]
• "The massacre at Virginia Tech is a tragedy that reminds us all of how suddenly our world can be turned upside down. The subsequent chatter on cable news and the internet, however, also reminds us of the seemingly intractable flaws of our modern media and political worlds." [Steve Bainbridge at ProfessorBainbridge.com]
• "How common are mass shootings at U.S. schools? Not very. And they don't appear to be getting any more common, though 24/7 cable news coverage may give that impression." [Glenn Reynolds at Instapundit]
  

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