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Kirk Bernard is Still a Slime Ball; Also a Plagiarist

Kirk Bernard, a Seattle personal injury lawyer, drew the blogosphere's attention last night.  His marketing is slimy, shameless, and unsavory.  It also appears that he is a plagarist.  That is, he passes off the writing of others as his own.In reviewing his blog, here is what appears to be his modus operandi:1.  Find a news story about someone who was seriously injured.2.  Rip off the headline from the news report.3.  Plagiarize the text from the news report.  That is, rather than use quotation marks to indicate that he is merely repeating (or slightly re-wording) the original news report: He passes of the news report's text as his own.I will be going through some of his blog postings this morning.  In the meantime, here is Exhibit A.  It's a ...continue to full post

Full post as published by Crime & Federalism on June 13, 2009 (boomark / email).