Big Business spends a lot of time and money whining about the need for "tort reform", but that doesn’t stop them from turning around and quietly using the courts themselves. Lately, we need look no further than a trio of homegrown Chicago-area corporations that evidently think the civil justice system is great (as long as they're the plaintiffs, that is).
- Deerfield-based pharmacy chain Walgreen Co., which filed a suit against drug manufacturer Wyeth.
- Schaumburg-based iPCS Inc., a telecom company suing affiliate Sprint Nextel.
- Riverwoods-based Discover Financial Services, the credit card company that recently settled its suit against Visa and Mastercard.
Let's see...pharmaceuticals, telecoms, and credit card companies. Yeah, those industries just love the civil justice system. Visit The Pop Tort ‘hypocrisy’ page for more examples corporate duplicity.
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