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We've all heard the worn-out jokes about lawyers coming from comedians and politicians, and even our friends. They refer to lawyers as opportunistic ambulance chasers who are only out to make a quick buck off of someone else's suffering. These comments aren't as innocuous as you might think. In fact, they're focused and developed as a highly financed, well-coordinated, decades-long smear campaign carried out by business interest groups like the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and the world's biggest insurance corporations.