Comments on: Bank of America Finally Clues In: “Lawyer Made Us Do It” Doesn’t Work

By: texasaggie

texasaggie — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 18:08:55 +0000

This “legal advice” that BoA got has the same odor to it that Bush’s torture memos had. It was some lawyer’s warped and distorted pretzeling of law in order to come up with a justification for doing what the boss wanted.

By: BooRadley

BooRadley — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 17:32:24 +0000

Cynthia, thanks very much.

By: danps

danps — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 15:00:08 +0000

I don’t know; maybe it’s the context. Something about it really amused me.

By: TheScarletPimpernel

TheScarletPimpernel — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 13:19:12 +0000

Good work, counselor! It’s really nice to see someone who remembers all this stuff from law school and calls these prevaricating legal whores out on their misapplication of legal principals. It is such a relief to see someone who is working to better our collective reputation rather than continue to have it dragged through the gutter.
If these ‘attorneys’ actually gave that advice to their client, BofA, I can think of at least 2 canons of ethics that were violated: the one about failing to do adequate research that misleads your client and the one about arguing a frivolous position to a judicial or quasi-jusdicial body.
I really wish that disciplinary committees would take their responsibilities more seriously and start sanctioning or disbarring some of these money-grubbing cretins.
Again, Good Job, Counselor!

By: Cynthia Kouril

Cynthia Kouril — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 13:05:04 +0000

por quoi?

By: danps

danps — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 12:10:20 +0000

I know this is totally off point but your use of “flipped my lid” is pretty hilarious.

By: Cynthia Kouril

Cynthia Kouril — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 11:04:24 +0000

What diary of Spocko’s? What are we talking about?

By: Legion303

Legion303 — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 10:23:41 +0000

If “reliance on counsel” was good enough for the president, VP, and a slew of other miscreants, then by God it’s good enough for the charlatans^Wcaptains of industry!

By: Auduboner

Auduboner — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 05:43:05 +0000

Well, there are a bunch of Wall Street Law Firm partners who have the tightest assholes on Earth, because their illegal advice is going to come right out of their off-shore accounts. And their names are going to be splashed all over court documents from here to the Supreme Court, because Cleary and Paul Weiss are gleefully ready to put their competitors out of business! Oh, those wonderful “professionals” we call attorneys…

By: ThingsComeUndone

ThingsComeUndone — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 04:22:31 +0000

You got a case girl but will any one take it is the question? Spocko on his diary needs your help if its your area of law please help. Consider it a favor I always try and honor my debts but I understand if its not your kind of law.