Posted on 06/23/2007 10:20:13 AM PDT by 3AngelaD
What started as a simple marketing video for Downtown law firm Cohen & Grigsby has resulted in an Internet firestorm encompassing tens of thousands of YouTube viewers, Lou Dobbs and the U.S. Secretary of Labor. The video features portions of Cohen & Grigsby's "Seventh Annual Immigration Law Update," held May 15 at the Pittsburgh Hilton, Downtown.
The segment of the video drawing all the attention is one in which lawyers from Cohen & Grigsby's highly regarded immigration practice advocate methods to comply with a law requiring employers prove that they have tried to find qualified American workers before applying for a green card for a foreign worker. The lawyers urge the audience, in so many words, to do exactly the opposite....
When Kim Berry, president of an organization called the Programmers Guild that opposes the issuance of visas to foreign workers...shortened the video from the version that he received..."I grabbed the two masters and edited it down, just to make it more convenient for the few hundred people I thought might want to watch it," he said. "I didn't expect it to get 44,000 hits in three days."
By the end of the weekend, political blogs of all stripes -- from DailyKos to National Review's The Corner -- had linked to the video...Yesterday, Cohen & Grigsby put out a statement that while the firm stands by the substance of the seminar, "we regret the choice of words that was used during a small segment of the seminar. It is unfortunate that these statements have been commandeered and misused..."
What made the video into such an Internet hit, said Mr. Berry, is that it validated long-held suspicions that he and others had been unable to substantiate.
(Excerpt) Read more at post-gazette.com ...
'Yesterday, U.S. Sen. Charles Grassley (R-Iowa) sent a letter to U.S. Secretary of Labor Elaine Chao asking her for assistance in "reviewing the video and investigating the law firm's unethical procedures." '
How about someone talking to the Pennsylvania Bar Association's Ethics Committee and the Justice Department? What? Nevermind.
"...Lebowitz, who is also an adjunct professor of immigration law at the University of Pittsburgh School of Law."
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Or did they get a call from Weasel, Gonniff & Scumbag, LLC.
I have it saved if anyone wants to read it I will inside email it to them. It is full of irony and weasel words, just jam packed full of interestings details.
F'n shysters.
Cohen & Grigsby later put out a statement that said, “can’t...stop...lying...even...when...caught...lying...dead...to...rights...stop...us...before...we...lie...again.”
This may be the three dozenth thread on this.
Sorry I offended you. This particular story had not been posted and it contained what I thought were many interesting details, although I had read the other posts. Perhaps you ought not have looked at it if you have read enough about this. I, personally, don’t think it is going away anytime soon.
Yes, it has been previously posted.
It deserveth three dozenth more. This is treason.
There is no Declaration of War by Congress. I said before the Iraq invasion we should have a formal Declaration of War, and if that had been done then charges of treason might have some bite.
bump
Then the headline was altered. I copied and pasted the headline into the search engine before I posted it. I am profoundly apologetic and sorry I offended you. I bow my head abjectly, crawl on my belly and beg to be allowed to touch the hem of your garment. I don sackcloth and ashes. I know I am unworthy, but please, please forgive me.
You wrote that On-star ad they are running now, didn’t you.
Congress ought to rectify that little oversight, then.
Yes, they should. This could be done at any time.
War? Yes! I say. War on these weasely law firms selling out America. Nuke them into plasma.
It is war no question. These housekeeping chores would be vastly streamlined if we had a formal Declaration.
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