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Now, Trial Lawyers Could Use a Good Lawyer

Seth Stern
The Christian Science Monitor, June 10, 2003

In an article covering the tension between the American Trial Lawyers Association (ATLA) and the growing political tide pushing for caps on awards and limiting class-action suits, Philip K. Howard weighs in:

"The trial lawyers are under siege for a good reason....They have been a divisive and exploitative force in society for the last decade or two, and their interest is not in protecting victims, it's in getting rich themselves."

The article is now available by purchase only. To obtain a copy, go to to the Christian Science Monitor webpage.