The U.S. Chamber of Commerce Institute for Legal Reform recently loosed a nationwide advertising campaign in states identified as the worst for "legal fairness." It's the most visible manifestation of the chamber's long-term, multimillion-dollar strategy for what institute president Lisa A. Rickard calls "a multifaceted and multipronged attack on the plaintiffs' bar." Though outfunded and decades behind in advocacy wars, the American Association of Trial Lawyers is focused on delivering a counter-punch.
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Antitrust Lawyer Takes On Long-Shot Telecom Battle
The Recorder
April 28, 2006
Most big firms have armies of antitrust lawyers, but they're busy clearing mergers, not fighting them. That leaves Carr & Ferrell partner Gary Reback as one of the few go-to guys when it comes to fighting Uncle Sam. Representing a telecom trade association in a battle that seems as hopeless to observers as the reconstruction of Humpty Dumpty, Reback is fighting to keep the Bush administration from putting Ma Bell back together again.
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