"Yes, the Deck Is Stacked in Favor of the Government"

September 28, 2011 | By PACIFIC LEGAL FOUNDATION

Author: Brandon Middleton

Holey Foag's Seth Jaffe on the recent delta smelt litigation developments:

The public perception is that big, bad corporations can just spend as much money as necessary to win in court. Those of us in the trenches know that the reality differs. . . .

In a bench ruling earlier this month, in what are known as the “delta smelt” cases, Judge Oliver Wanger demonstrated – much to his own dissatisfaction, I may add – just how stacked the deck is in favor of the government.