Bailey Perrin Bailey - Weitz & Luxenberg - Pay to Play - Shall we ask why no one is minding the hen house?
In a prior post about Bailey Perrin Bailey LLP on this blog, I highlighted this law firm plaintiff heavy weight in the Seroquel litigation Bailey Perrin Bailey LLP out of Houston Texas (also known as Houston Associates) along with Weitz & Luxenberg P.C. . These law firms were deemed the lead plaintiff counsel (here page 4) in the Seroquel litigation together compiling over 8000 of the some 28000 injured party cases. In prior post we have posed a lot of questions about some fairly obvious dubious behaviors going on in the Seroquel civil litigation and supposed tort settlement process. I would invite you the reader to browse through those post here at your leisure and convenience.
In todays post I thought we would take a gander @ why no one appears to be looking into how a tort litigation got turned into a class action by proxy, or how plaintiff law firms with a legal & ethical obligation to serve their clients best interest are now marketing and selling a settlement that is really only serving the financial & best interest of AstraZeneca and themselves. There are many tens of thousands of injured parties lives literally hanging in the balance of how this turns out. I can only hope that bringing as much information and attention to this situation as possible can serve a higher purpose to a better outcome.
Let us look at what is the over riding concern of the mega law firms & pharmaceutical giants involved in this litigation? I would present to you that it's much more about the millions and even billions of dollars that are in play, than it is about justice or an equitable resolution for injured parties. Secret backroom power brokering and shady deal making appear to be the over riding factors is this perceived dubious, insulting, and unjust settlement process. All parties appear to have lost complete sight of what this should be all about, except for those actual unfortunate injured parties that have had their lives & health turned up side down by the drug Seroquel and the damage AstraZeneca has caused by their reprehensible greed driven and illegal corporate practices.
So why is no one in the Government, with duty bound means & power willing to investigate or hold these law firms and corporations accountable for their despicable actions?
It's called PAY TO PLAY - pay in advance for favors down the road...and it's happening everyday in State Capitals, Washington DC, @ the Department of Justice, and even through those White House doors. It's called taking care of our friends (donors), demonizing our enemies for political benefit & forgetting who they are supposed to represent. Both political Parties are as guilty as the other...corruption and favoritism doesn't discriminate between political affiliations....the color of money green is the universal language.
I will attempt to lay out the numbers, the people, and the politics below in snippets & links....& I will give you the reader a little homework assignment to complete..you get to answer the "why" you may think the deck of cards are stacked against injured party litigants and Joe & Jane citizen when it's comes to getting justice or a fair shake in today's top down pay to play atmosphere in America.
Pay to Play:
· Kenneth Bailey - $8951 in Political Contributions for 2010
www.campaignmoney.com/political/contributions/kenneth-bailey.asp...
Sep 10, 2011 – Kenneth Bailey - $8951 in Political Contributions for 2010, Campaign ... Political Campaign Contributions ... Kenneth Bailey Contribution List in 2010 ... 77002, BAILEY PERRIN BAILEY, LLP/ATTORNEY, $2400, 09/30/2009, G ...
· Michael Perrin - $18697 in Political Contributions for 2008
www.campaignmoney.com/political/contributions/michael-perrin.asp...
Sep 10, 2011 – Political Campaign Contributions ... Michael Perrin ...
· F Bailey - $94250 in Political Contributions for 2010
www.campaignmoney.com/political/contributions/f-bailey.asp?cycle...
Sep 10, 2011 – F Bailey - $94250 in Political Contributions for 2010 ...
Pennsylvania Governor Ed Rendell Denies Accusations of Improper ...
online.wsj.com/article/SB123914567420098841.html
Apr 8, 2009 – On February 26, 2007, Bailey Perrin filed the initial complaint against Janssen on ... Asked about the timing of Mr. Bailey's political donations, Rendell .... Barnes & Noble acquired the customer list of Borders in September, in a ...
LegalNewsline | Bailey's contributions at issue in Pennsylvania case
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Jul 22, 2008 – Mike Perrin, Ken Bailey's law partner ... on the biggest companies in the world, Bailey's largest campaign contributions are often handed to the ...
· Perry Weitz - $58000 in Political Contributions for 2010
Sep 10, 2011 – Perry Weitz - $58000 in Political Contributions for 2010, Campaign Finance, Money, ... Perry Weitz Contribution List in 2010 ... 10003, Weitz & Luxenberg/Attorney, $2300, 12/08/2010, P, WILDES FOR CONGRESS - Democrat ...
· Perry Weitz - $93500 in Political Contributions for 2008
www.campaignmoney.com/political/contributions/perry-weitz.asp?...
Sep 10, 2011 – Perry Weitz - $93500 in Political Contributions for 2008 ...
· Arthur Luxenberg - $87565 in Political Contributions for 2006
www.campaignmoney.com/political/contributions/arthur-luxenberg.a...
May 2, 2011 – Arthur Luxenberg - $87565 in Political Contributions for ...
Lawyers / Law Firms: Top Contributors to Federal Candidates, Parties, and Outside Groups
Election cycle 2000
Weitz & Luxenberg $527,550
Williams & Bailey $1,600,800
Election cycle 2002
Williams & Bailey $2,428,400
Election cycle 2006
Weitz & Luxenberg $580,311
Election cycle 2012
Weitz & Luxenberg $252,800
Pharmaceutical Rsrch & Mfrs of America$9,290,000Pfizer Inc$7,340,000Merck & Co$4,675,000Amgen Inc$4,490,000Eli Lilly & Co $4,480,000Biotechnology Industry Organization$3,980,000Novartis AG$3,608,136Bayer AG$3,330,000Sanofi-Aventis$3,112,000Johnson & Johnson $3,106,000AstraZeneca PLC$2,730,000Roche Holdings$2,654,893GlaxoSmithKline$2,650,000Medtronic Inc$2,473,710Teva Pharmaceutical Industries$2,110,000Abbott Laboratories$2,060,000Bristol-Myers Squibb$1,700,000Mylan Inc$1,452,123Novo Nordisk Pharmaceuticals$1,390,000CH Boehringer Sohn$1,315,936Merck KGaA$1,270,000Watson Pharmaceuticals$1,210,000Kv Pharmaceuticals$1,190,000Eisai Co Ltd$1,180,000Endo Pharmaceuticals$1,160,000McKesson Corp$1,150,000Pharmaceutical Care Management Assn$1,002,830
Lobbying
Top Industries
Years 1998 – 2011
Pharmaceuticals/Health Products $2,204,027,124
I noticed all previous campaign contributions since before 2010 were to Democratic party but now this one for 2010 you notice straddles both Republican and Democrats almost 50/50 which further lends itself to the corrupt organization these lawyers operate under as the hold even government officials in high office hostage to their intimidation and extortion racketeering same was they treat all others on down to least of which the injured they were entrusted to defend.
ReplyDeleteMy point is they send the same message to politicians as they do the people they are suppose to represent ; sit there, shut up and dont move till we signal you to.
The politicians see they're being played by bets on both sides this is also intimidation in the highest order treating government officials like dirt one has to wonder how deep these tentacles go. Well its all there they cant go much further still I an amazed this huge injustice is out in the open and the extent to which is so egregious yet these lawyers seem to have constructed a China wall around them with blood money.