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As Unions Fall, Lawsuits Rise
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As Unions Fall, Lawsuits Rise
THOMAS GEOGHEGAN ADMITS he's biased.
The labor lawyer writes in the opening pages of his fourth book, see You in Court: How the Right Made America a Lawsuit Nation (New Press, 2007), that his background colors his observations about labor and the labor movement.
A 1975 graduate of Harvard Law School, Geoghegan has practiced labor law, mostly in Chicago, for more than 30 years, representing unions and employee groups in civil rights, labor and...
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