InterDigital Inc (IDCC)

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My question is: since the crooked lawyers,(I apologize for the redundancy - LOL) got away with $240 million in ill gotten fees, why did they only get fined $75 million?! Boy, I'd like to see what it would cost them after it went before a jury in a class action suit. Unfortunately, there's probably not a lawyer that would take the case because of the backlash they would suffer from their fellows. It's the reason white collar crime will always continue. It's profitable even when you get caught!! Judges, probably because of the political connections of the defendants, levy relative slaps on the wrist where the convicted individual gets out of the federal penitentiary on early release for good behavior, (if he gets jail time at all) and goes on from there to live well off the money that he squirreled away. (Not counting the additional payoffs he gets from the other offending parties for not fingering them as well) We will forever continue to have Enrons, HealthSouths, Crooked politicians etc. as long as judges give these scumbags special treatment. It makes you want to puke!

PS: to the board legal specialists: I apologize for the slight to the profession. I know the good guys have no responsibility for the one's that continue to keep the reputation of the practice where it is.