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SockGnome t1_j9m5hw6 wrote

What a gross fucking family. I also hate the law that plaintiff attorneys got repealed that lets them advertise like this. Terrible all around

Fucking a “for the people” as they take 40% of your settlement and throw another 30% to the Dr Nick doctors they convinced you to go to. Yeah, neat grift. Fuckers.

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batmansmotorcycle t1_j9oju5x wrote

What law did they get appealed? Should lawyers not enjoy the freedoms of the First Amendment like you?

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SockGnome t1_j9olkv6 wrote

I believe that was their argument, it was once illegal for lawyers to advertise like they do now. The current issue is misleading information as seen in this story: https://instituteforlegalreform.com/blog/the-truth-about-trial-lawyer-ads/

I also just find it incredibly distasteful and if I ever need a lawyer, I’m personally refusing to do business with anyone who has a giant advertising war-chest and appears on billboards. Plastering how much money they claim to get on a billboard is gross and there is always more legal analysis to the story which can’t be explained on a billboard as people drive past going 70MPH. It’s pithy, too simplistic and makes torts appear to be a lottery. It boils our culture down to one thing, the dollar. That it.

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batmansmotorcycle t1_j9oyrbn wrote

Yes, that was their argument. In full disclosure, I am an attorney so I have a bias in this. I am not an ambulance chaser like Morgan and Morgan. I think that there is a fine line in advertising where you want people to have access to the justice system and you have to get the word out to do that then you have this crap which is just sad. In all likelihood, M&M never touches the case and just acts as a referral service and gets a fee. This is what Jim Sokolove did back in the day, remember those commercials?

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SockGnome t1_j9oz66s wrote

Attorneys can certainly advertise tastefully but these giant mills seem to just try and smother out everyone else. I grew up watching those commercials! When my friend was in law school he told me about their racket, take the case and vend it out to another firm to do the work, take a cut as a finders fee. I have a hunch he rarely took cases unless there was serious meat on the bone.

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batmansmotorcycle t1_j9pc78e wrote

That is 100% what they do, in fact Jim had a disclaimer at one point on his commercials that stated just as much.

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CoolAbdul t1_j9qb3c5 wrote

Have you seen Jim Sokolove's yacht? Being a white trash ambulance chaser pays big.

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