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The American Enterprise

| January 01, 2003 | Dowd, Alan | COPYRIGHT 2003 The American Enterprise, a national magazine of politics, business and culture (TEAmag.com). This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

U.S. troops aren't the only ones waging the war on terror. An army of lawyers has also been drafted into the fight. Regrettably, they haven't been as effective as their camouflaged counterparts. In fact, most of the legal maneuvers have been downright counterproductive.

After initially promising to hold their fire, trial lawyers are now lobbing lawsuits at will, most aimed at collecting compensation for the World Trade Center attacks. At least ten lawsuits have been filed against the airlines, which, of course, were victims of the September 11 disaster themselves. As Ralph Reiland, professor of free enterprise at the University of Pittsburgh and a TAE contributing ...

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