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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 ...