Follow POL on Twitter It looks as if shedding his nominal Republican affiliation may be allowing the true, Shanin's-dad Specter to emerge. His latest effort would open up a right to sue accountants, investment banks and others for "aiding and abetting" fraud. Lisa Rickard at the U.S. Chamber reacts. More: Bainbridge; Adler @ Volokh; Alison Frankel, AmLaw Daily (Specter "has apparently decided that the interests of the people of Pennsylvania are very closely aligned with those of the plaintiffs bar").
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| Isaac Gorodetski Project Manager, Center for Legal Policy at the Manhattan Institute igorodetski@manhattan-institute.org |
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