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To: Captain Jack who wrote (79105)	3/4/2000 1:05:00 PM
From: rudedog	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 97611

Jack - These are the same lawyers who were "outraged" when the Texas courts wanted to limit their fees to something less than multiple BILLIONS for their share of the Texas tobacco settlement. The judge in that case pointed out that based on the billable hours submission, the fees worked out to something like $100,000 per hour, high for legal work even by Texas standards.

To: Captain Jack who wrote (79105)	3/4/2000 1:34:00 PM
From: Andreas	Respond to of 97611

captain, I agree. Unfortunately, Toshiba's willingness to cave emboldened the greedy s.o.__. lawyers. Why did Toshiba settle? For probably lots of reasons not the least of which is a japanese culture of litigation aversion. It is a well settled principle that japanese corporate defendants are much more willing to settle than proceed with a long, costly and protracted legal. As a general statement they absolutely despise litigation and will avoid it at almost any cost.