Fighting for the little guy: Elizabeth Warren aided Dow Chemical against breast-implant claims
The Dow Chemical representation is yet another case in which Warren sided with big companies, along with Travelers and LTV Coal. Although the Globe did not include a link, Warren’s failure to disclose the Dow Chemical representation was exposed in my post, Elizabeth Warren issues incomplete list of cases based on Warren’s 2002 Affidavit in a bankruptcy case where she was hired to provide “professional legal services” (that case along with others also were not dislosed by Warren).
Since Dow Corning filed for bankruptcy in 1995 when Warren already was Cambridge, and this would be yet another legal representation Warren undertook from Massachusetts without being licensed in Massachusetts.
The Dow Corning bankruptcy was to protect against claims from women suffering the health effects of silicone breast implants manufactured by Dow Corning…
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War on the Lady Parts????
dayumn. Heap big trouble.
ted c on October 3, 2012 at 1:27 PM
Fighting against the little gal?
Red Cloud on October 3, 2012 at 1:28 PM
Big Corporations vs Big Boobehs?
and she sided with the Big Corporation?
***sheesh***
ted c on October 3, 2012 at 1:29 PM
Part of the DowPowWow??
MassVictim on October 3, 2012 at 1:31 PM
MA Senate election is one where the ladies ought to vote as if their lady parts depend on it…./
ted c on October 3, 2012 at 1:32 PM
Legal Insurrection’s been doing great work on Warren.
A+
Del Dolemonte on October 3, 2012 at 1:33 PM
BUSTED!
the_nile on October 3, 2012 at 1:34 PM
Elizabeth Warren: Part of the 99%………. of the 1%…….. that likes their cash and stuff.
Bitter Clinger on October 3, 2012 at 1:34 PM
That’s what I call a bosom buddy.
bigmacdaddy on October 3, 2012 at 1:35 PM
“Those Barbie b!tches and their fake boobs!! They had it coming!!”
/Lizzy “The Law Hag” Warren
Bitter Clinger on October 3, 2012 at 1:36 PM
Did she channel a boob that was so happy because it was big and perky?
pedestrian on October 3, 2012 at 1:42 PM
…and that should be the end of Ms. Warren…
budfox on October 3, 2012 at 1:44 PM
Me thinks Harvard needs to upgrade it’s staff in regards to teaching the law.
If she does not win her election, she should be terminated for malfeasance.
Jabberwock on October 3, 2012 at 1:48 PM
From the trail of tears to the Bhopal disaster, Elizabeth’s family dont like any Indians.
the_nile on October 3, 2012 at 1:49 PM
In refutation I present murderer Ted Kennedy.
Bishop on October 3, 2012 at 1:49 PM
Indeed. Re-elected after Chappaquiddick in 1970, 1976, 1982, 1988, 1994, 2000, & 2006.
Bitter Clinger on October 3, 2012 at 1:53 PM
you didn’t build those boobs, Dow did. If you think you can just go out there and think you’re hot and stuff, with your big rack, well no ma’am you can’t. You didn’t get all of that shaggin’ by yourself, Dow helped get that for you, and, without Dow, you’d just be a flat chested flaky broad……kinda like…well, me..*sniff*…
/Faux
ted c on October 3, 2012 at 1:55 PM
I dunno, I think the perpetually aggrieved just wanted a payout. Look at the Erin Brokovich case, after all was said and done, the town that got paid off with such a high payment actually has lower health problems than the surrounding areas where there was no supposed contaminants.
Edwards lawsuits ring a bell?
No good action can come without an unjust attack I guess.
Maybe I am missing the point. Maybe it is just the hypocrisy you are attacking. But in reality, not allowing unjust lawsuits against companies to prevail actually helps the little guy the most, as these lawsuits drive businesses into bankruptcy and increase the cost of everything they touch. Personally, a pretty lame attack.
astonerii on October 3, 2012 at 1:57 PM
Should be. But Gerry Studds raped miners, Barney Frank had a prostitution ring run from his home and drugs grown on his property, and Ted Kennedy killed a woman. They were all handily re-elected.
MassVictim on October 3, 2012 at 1:58 PM
She is a Corporate Feral Hog
And if you don’t know what a Feral Hog is…that’s probably a very good thing.
CorporatePiggy on October 3, 2012 at 1:58 PM
That’s it exactly. Her campaign is a constant harangue against corporations.
MassVictim on October 3, 2012 at 2:00 PM
She claims the system is rigged against the little guy , she’s exposed as a rigger.
It’s the hypocrisy.
the_nile on October 3, 2012 at 2:00 PM
Hey hey. She was living on the reservation when she did that work, and therefore not subject to your white man’s laws about “licensing”.
TexasDan on October 3, 2012 at 2:02 PM
I do not see much on the breast implant cases. So I am not certain, but I remember the number of times companies have been successfully sued and then later exonerated from actually having caused the harm in the first place.
If she was Republican, we would be defending her tooth and nail for having tried to protect a company from fraudulent lawsuits. We all know that these lawsuits hurt the consumer the most, not the companies. The companies will either go out of business, leaving the market bereft of products, or increase the prices to make up for the loss. It is one reason medical is so expensive.
Drug manufacturers have to include lawsuits into the price of every product, the companies that supply drug manufacturers have to include extraordinary measures and the cost of those measures to prove beyond any doubt that their product was pure. A similar thing happens with medical devices, test equipment, doctors and nurses, suppliers, builders, and everything to do with the medical profession.
So,I would just like this aspect to be part of the record on this thread. Not all lawsuits are bad, but there are many that are baseless and proven so by science.
astonerii on October 3, 2012 at 2:09 PM
After a bit of looking, it looks like the entire breast implant causes systemic body failure was based on the same science that John Edwards lawsuits were. Nothing but emotions and a few people who did not have awesome outcomes due to nature not being perfect.
astonerii on October 3, 2012 at 2:27 PM
Warren’s specialty is bankruptcy law; she’s not a litigator. She wasn’t in court arguing against the admission of junk science. Her role (most likely) was to help Dow protect its assets from creditors’ claims (at an hourly fee of $675). Not exactly the role one would expect from somebody who poses as a relentless advocate for consumer rights and champion of the little guy.
AZCoyote on October 3, 2012 at 2:38 PM
That is right, and this is one instance where I believe she was on the right side of the issue. But then again, she’s a lawyer, so they are paid to be on either side of any given issue.
True, and again, I will defend her on this. Although, the big picture is that she is an
udderutter hypocrite.UltimateBob on October 3, 2012 at 2:40 PM
Remember to vote like your lady parts depend on it girls!!!
MississippiMom on October 3, 2012 at 3:28 PM
How does this revelation help Scott Brown? It doesn’t!
Pragmatic on October 3, 2012 at 3:31 PM
I just always have a hard time with things like this. I do not want to see conservatism undermined just to win an election.
astonerii on October 3, 2012 at 7:19 PM