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American Association for Justice is a Caricature
Risk Prof Blog ^ | 9-29-2009 | Lawrence Powell

Posted on 11/11/2009 2:12:21 PM PST by stan_sipple

got a kick out of this article in the Washington Times on Sept. 28. The point of the story is that the trial lawyers' lobby might be having financial difficulty. The part I find interesting is that AAJ says they lost $670,000, but they sought $120,000,000 in the lawsuit. The article offers no explanation for the 17,900% mark up.

"...AAJ lost a lawsuit against Wachovia Bank over the collapse of a 2007 loan deal to finance the association's purchase of an office building as its new Washington headquarters.

The association lost more than $670,000 when Wachovia backed out of the loan deal, citing a clause in the agreement that allowed the bank to nix the deal if a "material adverse change" in market conditions hampered its ability to resell all or part of the loan."

"AAJ was unable to collect the $120 million it sought in the lawsuit."


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Society
KEYWORDS: aaj; ambulancechaserlobby; obamamoneymen; triallawyers

1 posted on 11/11/2009 2:12:22 PM PST by stan_sipple
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To: stan_sipple

The Junior Justice League (or whatever BS name they use) is just the new re-branded name for the old notoriously crooked American Trial Lawyers Association.

As the article shows, they are still crooks.


2 posted on 11/11/2009 2:18:08 PM PST by FormerACLUmember (Socialism is an opportunistic infection of the body politic. It occurs when defenses are low.)
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To: FormerACLUmember
they are putting up one of their slimiest shysters to run against Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa
3 posted on 11/11/2009 2:21:17 PM PST by stan_sipple
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To: stan_sipple
The crooked shysters were reading too many comics in choosing their laughable new organization name.


4 posted on 11/11/2009 2:23:25 PM PST by FormerACLUmember (Socialism is an opportunistic infection of the body politic. It occurs when defenses are low.)
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To: FormerACLUmember

I much prefer the old name, although that was pretty misleading too


5 posted on 11/11/2009 3:10:38 PM PST by stan_sipple
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