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Perspective

Apr. 14, 2012

Unsinking Mr. Kingsley's Titanic

Rebutting the claim that class action lawsuits are the lifeboats of society. By Jeff Scott of Greenberg Traurig

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR COLUMN

Mr. Kingsley's April 9 article "Titanic: one hundred years later, what has changed?" cleverly ties historic events around the 100-year anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic to his perspective on class action litigation. Although I was not around 100 years ago, in many instances today, class action lawsuits are not brought for victims of "governmental power" and "pernicious" corporations that "undermine our freedom." I also ...

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