http://blogcritics.org/ A sinister cabal of superior bloggers on music, books, film, popular culture, politics, and technology - updated continuously. en Copyright 2005 by the authors Wed, 18 Feb 2004 17:08:08 EST http://backend.userland.com/rss Blogcritics.org custom software http://blogcritics.org/archives/2004/02/18/151816.php#comment-45752 "Most lawsuits are just extortion." Very intuitive of you Tom. You may not be aware that something like 90% of all law suits are settled without going to trial. Most lawsuits are in fact initiated with the expectation of being settled out of court. Unfortunately most litigators will wait until the last possible moment before intiating settlement discussions in order to 'extort' (so to speak) the maximum fees from their respective clients. Shameful but true and a sad reflection on the legal system. 45752@blogcritics.org Wed, 18 Feb 2004 17:08:08 EST http://blogcritics.org/archives/2004/02/18/151816.php#comment-45731 Most lawsuits are just extortion. If we had a "loser pays" system then only really good lawsuits would be brought up and not ones like someone suing because their neighbor's house color gives them a headache or something. 45731@blogcritics.org Wed, 18 Feb 2004 15:48:57 EST