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Lawyers Putting Their Weight Behind Obesity Cases
Los Angeles Times ^
| 07-02-2003
| Karen Robinson-Jacobs
Posted on 07/02/2003 6:43:04 AM PDT by boris
By Karen Robinson-Jacobs, Times Staff Writer
BOSTON — Last week, behind closed doors, veteran attorneys of the tobacco wars taught a class on how to attack what they say is the nation's latest health affliction: fast food.
The session at Northeastern University was as secretive as McDonald's has been about the special sauce on a Big Mac.
Those who attended the class — about two dozen lawyers, health activists and nutritionists, most of them svelte — signed affidavits promising not to reveal to the food industry any of the strategies they learned at the symposium: "Legal Approaches to the Obesity Epidemic."
(Excerpt) Read more at latimes.com ...
TOPICS: Culture/Society; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: macattack; overlawyered; pufflist
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posted on
07/02/2003 6:43:05 AM PDT
by
boris
To: boris; *puff_list
Those who attended the class — about two dozen lawyers, health activists and nutritionists, most of them svelte — signed affidavits promising not to reveal to the food industry any of the strategies they learned at the symposium: "Legal Approaches to the Obesity Epidemic." All the food industry needs to do is look at the session archives of the symposium "Legal Approaches to the Tobacco Epidemic" (or something like that)
Many of the same bottom feeders that went after the tobacco industry and smokers are the leaders in this latest scam.
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posted on
07/02/2003 6:46:25 AM PDT
by
Gabz
(anti-smokers = personification of everything wrong in this country)
To: boris
Lawyers are opportunistic jerks. Every one of them. Without exception.
To: boris
The session at Northeastern University And another College in the axis of terror organizations sponsors another "In Your Face America" subject.
Wake up America before they even change the name of this used to be great nation.
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posted on
07/02/2003 6:54:50 AM PDT
by
chachacha
To: boris
There was a time when lawyers were respected in this country. Now lawyers boldly break the law and protect one another, profess their greed for money, and lack any sense of ethics.
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posted on
07/02/2003 7:08:28 AM PDT
by
ampat
To: ampat
As long as they constitute the majority of our senators and representatives AIN'T NUTHIN GONNA CHANGE
To: Gabz
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posted on
07/02/2003 8:13:08 AM PDT
by
BenLurkin
(Socialism is slavery.)
To: ampat
Part of the problem is the proliferation of lawyers--read one study that at the current rate of graduation lawyers, by 2025 we would all BE lawyers...(g)
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posted on
07/02/2003 8:17:36 AM PDT
by
Mamzelle
To: JennysCool
might you be painting with a bit of a broad brush? there are freepers that are lawyers, by the way.
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posted on
07/02/2003 8:19:21 AM PDT
by
xsmommy
To: boris
.....the strategies they learned at the symposium: "Legal Approaches to the Obesity Epidemic - How to Extort Millions From the Food Industry."
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posted on
07/02/2003 8:48:58 AM PDT
by
Mind-numbed Robot
(Not all things that need to be done need to be done by the government.)
To: boris
The Invasion of the Body Snatchers continues.
To: xsmommy
I don't think so. At some point we have to put a stop to this. It will kill us as a society, otherwise.
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