Follow POL on Twitter Accused of defrauding their clients of $200 million, plaintiffs' lawyers' defense is that they "may not have been able to grasp the complexities of the class action", and that one should be excused because of "severe alcoholism" "that made him unable to think rationally", reports AP.
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| Isaac Gorodetski Project Manager, Center for Legal Policy at the Manhattan Institute igorodetski@manhattan-institute.org |
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