SF lawyer says he’s dropping suit against Oreo cookies

I’m going to extract two quotes from the article, mainly because they prove my point, both about the Big Idiot Fathead Lawyer and the case in general:

[Joseph] expressed no remorse for using California courts as a publicity tool.

You see, this is what pisses me off about lawyers and the legal system. You shouldn’t use the courts for free publicity. The courts are there to make law, not to allow you to get on Headline News or score some quick bucks. It’s the same problem I have with the Spike Lee v. SpikeTV case. Ugh.

Kraft received more than 250 e-mails concerning trans fat in the days following news of the suit. Most of those e-mails were in support of the company, Mudd said.

I’m glad to see that at least that many Americans recognize a frivolous lawsuit and a greedy publicity-hound big idiot fathead when he shows himself.