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By ALM Staff | Law Journal Newsletters |
October 31, 2005

Group Angry with Attorneys Who Advertise

Advocacy group Citizens Against Lawsuit Abuse has begun a campaign it calls “Sick of Lawsuits” that aims to raise public awareness of what it considers lawyers' abuses of the legal system. The group denounces the use of attorney advertisements that seek clients with questionable lawsuits; charges that attorneys, by blowing the dangers of the use of certain drugs out of proportion, have discouraged people from using drugs that are therapeutic for them; and accuses lawyers of forcing the costs of medical care higher than they should be. The group is asking people to join them in lobbying elected officials for change.

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