Per AmLaw Daily, environmental lawyers are demanding that Detroit drop its aggressive litigation challenge to state tailpipe emissions standards if it wants a bailout. Not to give anyone ideas, but can it be long before the trial lawyers jump in to demand that the Big Three stop fighting product liability suits so hard if they want public money?
Auto bailout: a legal pork barrel?
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| Isaac Gorodetski Project Manager, Center for Legal Policy at the Manhattan Institute igorodetski@manhattan-institute.org |
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| Bridget Carroll Press Officer, Manhattan Institute bcarroll@manhattan-institute.org |



