Those Weird Hogan & Hartson Ads: The Mystery Revealed
Remember those strange radio advertisements about Hogan & Hartson? We discussed them here and here. The ads went something like this:
Did you hire a Hogan and Hartson senior partner for bet the company liltigation? Was your case handled by a junior lawyer instead of the senior partner you thought you were paying for? Call 800-759-8611.
Well, Peter Lattman and the WSJ Law Blog have gotten to the bottom of this oddness. It turns out the ads, which ran in print as well as on the radio, were financed by a company called General Steel. Earlier this year, General Steel sued Hogan, alleging fraud, breach of fiduciary duty and breach of contract. From the Law Blog:
In July a judge in Denver dismissed all but one of the claims against Hogan and sent the remaining claim — essentially a fee dispute — to arbitration. Hogan says General Steel owes the firm around $300,000; General Steel wants its money back and more. Click here for the judge’s order; and here for the judge’s order denying General Steel’s motion for reconsideration. General Steel is also appealing the judge’s ruling.Hogan & Hartson says it’s not surprised by the Times ad, which has also run in D.C. newspapers (and on the radio). During the settlement negotiations, Hogan says that Knight had threatened a “shock and awe” campaign against Hogan if it didn’t pay General Steel money to settle its claims.
We are "shock[ed] and awe[d]" -- by the tackiness of General Steel. If we're ever in the market for prefabricated commercial steel buildings, they're definitely not getting our business.
Hell Hath No Fury Like a Dissatisfied Hogan & Hartson Client [WSJ Law Blog]
Earlier: Remember Those Weird Radio Ads Mentioning Hogan & Hartson?
Lawsuit of the Day: Have You Been Injured... By Hogan & Hartson?
(16) Comments
lame
figgity - second
Fine.
But Hogan, where is your bonus announcement?
avoid sokol & associates. they suck. especially the associates.
is hogan prestigous?
Of course it is! It's where Chief Justice John Roberts used to work.
i've already read this on the WSJ blog. if you want to borrow content from there, how about the wal-mart subrogation story?
Psionics are broken!
"As a rule of thumb, you never accuse an attorney who batted .366 lifetime in the deadball era of breaching his fiduciary duty to his client."
comment of the day.
"General Steel further accused Cobb of sliding across a conference room table and spiking Knight in the upper leg. Despite Knight's complaints, H&H managing partner Honus Wagner declined to speak to Cobb about the incident."
Uh, 4:15, I'm pretty sure 4:13 was a joke. Clearly you are illiterate, and should be fired immediately from whatever second-rate firm you're at.
You suck, 4:15.
Good. Those losers probably did screw up. They have absolutely no attention for detail over there. They actually sent me a letter once thanking me for applying to their summer associate program. Only problem was I applied for an associate position.
On an unrelated note, I am now a second year doing online doc review of the client's production. Really didn't have to do much of this during my first year. But is it natural for me to want to kill myself after having only done 1-3 hours of it in a day? I want to kill myself, but realize dinner is coming up soon, so I've decided death now isn't necessarily a good idea since I like to eat.
for the love of god ANNOUNCE BONUSES ALREADY!!!!
I can't believe this has not been mentioned, obviously nobody who reads this blog is a right wing nut. General Steel ads make up about 50% of the advertising on Rush Limbaugh's show. Listen to it for 20 minutes and you will hear one.
Not necessarily relevant, but true.
H&H leaves behind a trail of bitter ex-clients. Their New York office is staffed by lunatics.