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Riding high on billions in fees from the history-making asbestos, breast implant, and tobacco settlements, the new litigation elite is fast turning itself into a Fourth Branch of government, teaming up with mayors and state and federal officials to "represent" millions of us in giant lawsuits that we never voted on. From guns to Microsoft, HMOs to suits over lead paint and asbestos, the result is an end run around the lawmaking branch of government and is becoming a dangerous, unaccountable new concentration of power in the hands of wealthy private lawyers who work behind closed settlement doors. This book explains exactly how they do it, what the consequences are for the way we in America live and do business, pay taxes and vote -- and why our economy needs to rein in their power if we're to preserve America's rule of law instead of a dangerous new rule of lawyers.
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