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bluegargantua ([personal profile] bluegargantua) wrote2010-11-05 12:44 pm
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The Corporate Legal System

Hi,

Remember: Any sufficiently large corporation is indistinguishable from government.

For what might be the first time, the state Attorney General's Office charged Friday, an Erie debt-collection company resorted to theater -- people dressed like sheriff's deputies and bogus court proceedings in a mock courtroom headed by a person dressed in black -- to intimidate consumers into making immediate payments, providing access to bank accounts, or surrendering vehicle titles and other assets.

later
Tom

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[personal profile] bluegargantua 2010-11-05 05:04 pm (UTC)(link)

Yup.

If the debtor showed up with a lawyer, the whole thing got called off.

later
Tom
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