Reply #19: Human nature and human foibles...

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... I forgive much with Ted Kennedy, but not this.

The Ropes & Gray link to State Street and Polaroid is too significant here. State Street is a top MA employer, and Ropes & Gray routinely gets listed as the most "powerful" or "prestigious" firm in Boston.

What do the Polaroid CEO and Ted Kennedy have in common?

A Ropes & Gray defense team:

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=chappaquiddick+%22ropes+%26+gray%22

http://www.shareholdersonline.org/litigation.htm (search for Polaroid; see the docket)

When this began coming to the MSM's attention this spring, suddenly Ropes & Gray was replaced by WilmerHale as Polaroid CEO Gary DiCamillo's defense counsel.

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