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Lawyers Using Databases To Grab Clients

Posted by michael on from the modern-ambulance-chasing dept.

bc90021 writes "It seems that lawyers are using jail-house email lists to send potential clients letters offering their services. One couple, on finding their son who'd been missing for two days, '...was astonished that deputies failed to call them when their son was arrested -- though contact and medical information was in the young man's wallet -- yet managed to inform people who wanted his business.'"

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  1. what have we come to? by Shakrai · · Score: 5, Insightful
    It turned out that their son had been arrested on the mistaken suspicion that his erratic behavior at a casino was drug-induced.

    Hmm. I would have liked to have known what the outcome of that was. I have a friend who is in a similar situation and he gets questioned all the time by people concerned for his well-being. But arrested on suspicion of using drugs? Just because he was acting erratic? Does that strike anyone else as strange?

    I'd sue the pants off the casino and the arresting agency over that if I was him or his guardian. WTF is this? Arrest first and ask questions later? What have we come to?

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  2. Shouldn't be surprising... by moviepig.com · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Not only does money talk, it also listens.

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  3. The need for scummy lawyers? by yintercept · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Those who are innocent will want lawyers who relentlessly pursue the truth. The rest need lawyers who know what people can get away with. In our oppositional based legal system, the demand for scummy lawyers will be equal or greater than honest lawyers.