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: Overlawyered32,000 federal employees...
By Walter Olson, Ted Frank, and David Nieporent
...now purchase privately provided insurance from an outfit called Wright & Co. against being sued individually over their actions on the job. The number stood at 17,000 as of 9/11, but has nearly doubled since then as legally sensitive federal law enforcement initiatives -- and lawsuits filed in response to those initiatives -- have expanded. The coverage is at best partial, and does not necessarily protect against ruinous legal expenses in more serious or protracted cases. (Scott Shane, "In Legal Cases, C.I.A. Officers Turn to Insurer", New York Times, Jan. 20).
Full post as published by Overlawyered on January 22, 2008 (boomark / email).
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