Slashdot Mirror

← Back to Stories (view on slashdot.org)

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.'"

1 of 319 comments (clear)

  1. Re:article text (incase it gets slashdotted) by satterth · · Score: 1, Offtopic
    It was slashdotted on 9/11 as I recall.
    I wouldn't even call that a Slashdotting. More like a World Dotting. Their connection was going down regardless if Slashdot was there to help.
    --
    Being called a dork on Slashdot must be like being called the retard in special ed.