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There were far worse reasons to file a lawsuit (such as the company encouraging out right fraud in record keeping) but not many drivers are going to do that. Th

There were far worse reasons to file a lawsuit (such as the company encouraging out right fraud in record keeping) but not many drivers are going to do that. They'd rather just complain and play the game while staying gainfully employed. There are all kinds of subtle ways to get rid of problem drivers. You've heard of Three Felonies a Day? [1] A driver can easily break a lot of driving rules and if the company wants to be strict about it, you're gone. [1] http://www.threefeloniesaday.com/Youtoo/tabid/86/Default.aspx http://www.threefeloniesaday.com/Youtoo/tabid/86/Default.asp...

anigbrowl 13y ago
don't put your trust in Harvey Silverglate, he's a total liar and manipulator. Take the first example on the page you linked to, where he claims a woman was sentenced to two years in prison for cluelessly buying lobsters in plastic bags taht should have been packed in boxes. Bullshit: she was sentenced for conspiracy, mislabeling of produce, and violations of the Lacey act for illegal harvesting of underage/undersize lobster, in defiance of Honduran laws designed to preserve their fisheries, over a 5 year period. The feds didn't set out to prosecute Huang; they were approached by Honduan authorities and asked for help in stopping the illegal fishing activities. See https://bulk.resource.org/courts.gov/c/F3/331/331.F3d.1228.01-15148.02-11264.02-10810.html https://bulk.resource.org/courts.gov/c/F3/331/331.F3d.1228.0... for the appeal court judgment - and ask yourself why Silverglate doesn't provide his readers with a link to the judgment or even an accurate summary of the indictment. Every single case I have ever seen Silverglate cite involves a similar level of misrepresentation on his part.
- michaelwww 13y ago
  That's good know because this meme is floating around in some circles.
- declan 13y ago
  I interviewed Harvey Silverglate while he was writing his Three Felonies book and came away with precisely the opposite opinion. Harvey is hardly a "liar and manipulator." He was EFF's first attorney and is one of the leading civil liberties attorneys of our time. Here's what Harvey wrote about prosecutorial misconduct in Aaron Swartz's case, for instance: http://dankennedy.net/2013/01/24/the-swartz-suicide-and-the-sick-culture-of-the-justice-dept/ http://dankennedy.net/2013/01/24/the-swartz-suicide-and-the-... I'm not sure what <anigbrowl> has against Harvey, but it seems like a personal vendetta untethered to reality.
- declan 13y ago
  I interviewed Harvey Silverglate while he was writing his Three Felonies book and came away with precisely the opposite opinion. Harvey is hardly a "liar and manipulator." He was EFF's first attorney and is one of the leading civil liberties attorneys of our time. Here's what Harvey wrote about prosecutorial misconduct in Aaron Swartz's case, for instance: http://dankennedy.net/2013/01/24/the-swartz-suicide-and-the-sick-culture-of-the-justice-dept/ http://dankennedy.net/2013/01/24/the-swartz-suicide-and-the-... I'm not sure what <anigbrowl> has against Harvey, but it seems like a personal vendetta untethered to reality.

anigbrowl 13y ago

don't put your trust in Harvey Silverglate, he's a total liar and manipulator. Take the first example on the page you linked to, where he claims a woman was sentenced to two years in prison for cluelessly buying lobsters in plastic bags taht should have been packed in boxes. Bullshit: she was sentenced for conspiracy, mislabeling of produce, and violations of the Lacey act for illegal harvesting of underage/undersize lobster, in defiance of Honduran laws designed to preserve their fisheries, over a 5 year period. The feds didn't set out to prosecute Huang; they were approached by Honduan authorities and asked for help in stopping the illegal fishing activities. See https://bulk.resource.org/courts.gov/c/F3/331/331.F3d.1228.01-15148.02-11264.02-10810.html https://bulk.resource.org/courts.gov/c/F3/331/331.F3d.1228.0... for the appeal court judgment - and ask yourself why Silverglate doesn't provide his readers with a link to the judgment or even an accurate summary of the indictment. Every single case I have ever seen Silverglate cite involves a similar level of misrepresentation on his part.

michaelwww 13y ago
That's good know because this meme is floating around in some circles.
declan 13y ago
I interviewed Harvey Silverglate while he was writing his Three Felonies book and came away with precisely the opposite opinion. Harvey is hardly a "liar and manipulator." He was EFF's first attorney and is one of the leading civil liberties attorneys of our time. Here's what Harvey wrote about prosecutorial misconduct in Aaron Swartz's case, for instance: http://dankennedy.net/2013/01/24/the-swartz-suicide-and-the-sick-culture-of-the-justice-dept/ http://dankennedy.net/2013/01/24/the-swartz-suicide-and-the-... I'm not sure what <anigbrowl> has against Harvey, but it seems like a personal vendetta untethered to reality.
declan 13y ago
I interviewed Harvey Silverglate while he was writing his Three Felonies book and came away with precisely the opposite opinion. Harvey is hardly a "liar and manipulator." He was EFF's first attorney and is one of the leading civil liberties attorneys of our time. Here's what Harvey wrote about prosecutorial misconduct in Aaron Swartz's case, for instance: http://dankennedy.net/2013/01/24/the-swartz-suicide-and-the-sick-culture-of-the-justice-dept/ http://dankennedy.net/2013/01/24/the-swartz-suicide-and-the-... I'm not sure what <anigbrowl> has against Harvey, but it seems like a personal vendetta untethered to reality.