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Dick Durbin: “How will the Senator possibly monitor that and police that in terms of the banks and hoards of attorneys who represent…”

On the recordMay 19, 1998
How will the Senator possibly monitor that and police that in terms of the banks and hoards of attorneys who represent these tobacco companies? In the issue of the plaintiffs, we clearly have a case with an attorney general and we have a law firm that has reached an agreement and contract with them. Is the Senator from North Carolina saying, then, that as to all the activities of attorneys for tobacco companies that he is going to limit their fees to $250 an hour?
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Dick Durbin
Democratic · Illinois

Editor's note · Context

Questioning the regulation of attorney fees for tobacco company representation.

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