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Lerach, who has spent the last few decades suing corporate executives for lying to, cheating, and otherwise defrauding their shareholders, is probably the leading class-action lawyer in the country. He regards the Enron lawsuit as the most important case of his career. "This case sums up everything I've been saying about these companies for years," he told me happily. "I was right for ten years, and no one cared. In case after case, we pleaded that the analysts for the investment banks were corrupted. We pleaded that the accountants were corrupted by their consulting fees. These judges were incredulous. They threw us out. They said professionals would never behave that way. Well, we saw how they behaved, didn't we?"

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As the lawyers piece together shredded documents
I watch as they protect shareholder interests
And all around me private interests go to court
The 401(K)s [er, Canadian version, "The RRSPs"]are safe for you and me.

It just doesn't have the same ring, you know?

[re-edited: okay, I think the chorus kinda fits, but as to the verse, I can't get the cadence right, so I have no idea if that even "fits" the song]

[ September 05, 2002: Message edited by: clockwork ]