Insurer Spending On Lawyers Rather Than, You Know, Healthcare

And Biglaw begins adjusting to Trump era.

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If United Healthcare considered spending more on a cancer patient and less on lawyers to sue doctors for pointing out they didn't spend on the cancer patient they wouldn't be getting so thoroughly dragged online. While the mockery they're getting is funny, this underscores the dangerous weaponization of defamation (and also copyright) laws, allowing deep pocketed antagonists to squelch criticism by filing low merit suits. Also, a Biglaw firm quietly scrubbed its website of a lot of its "diversity" language as the government steps up threats against private companies. And the ABA thinks the Supreme Court needs ethical rules.

Chapters

0:00 Small Talk

9:50 UnitedHealthcare

15:46 DEI

21:03 Top Law Firm Representing Trump

23:47 ABA’s Stance on Supreme Court Ethics

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