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Jump to full article: The Wall Street Journal Interactive Edition, 2004-08-24
Author: Hans Bader / Competitive Enterprise Institute / New York; Page A13
Intro: Darren Dopp claims that his boss, New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer, was right to sue Dick Grasso for collecting $190 million in pay during his years as chairman of the New York Stock Exchange. Mr. Dopp thinks that amount is just too big to be "reasonable." (Letter, Aug. 19).
Mr. Spitzer's office sang a different tune when trial lawyers demanded an eye-popping $625 million for bringing New York's copycat lawsuit against the tobacco companies, after tobacco firms capitulated in other states.
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