Sebok and Zipursky on Vioxx Settlement Ethics

Excellent FindLaw column today by Tony Sebok and Ben Zipursky — Getting With the Program: The Vioxx Settlement Agreement.  One of their central points is that Vioxx plaintiffs need advice to decide whether to accept the Merck settlement offer, but it is hard for clients to trust their lawyers’ advice when the lawyers have already agreed to recommend the settlement to every client.

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