Search This Blog

Saturday, November 25, 2006

Gloria Allred and Legal Extortion

From Captain's Quarters:

Gloria Allred has threatened Michael Richards with a lawsuit unless he came through with an apology and some cash.

Perhaps I missed this in the never-ending press coverage that accompanies the legal profession, but when did extortion become legal? Allred has publicly threatened Richards, telling him to bring his checkbook or she will file a lawsuit against him. For all intents and purposes, this is extortion, and Allred should be facing an ethics investigation for her bald-faced threats.

Is there anything, anything, that lawyers are not allowed to do that ordinary mortals would be put in jail for?

No comments: