This story's been going on for a while now, and no one has mentioned anything about it.
"When you look at these cases, you have to ask yourself, 'Is there a protection racket in Los Angeles?' And I think you are seeing evidence that there is right now, that people are using extra-legal means to neutralize antagonists in legal proceedings. The integrity of the courts has been called into question."
"There is a great deal of schadenfreude going around among the lawyers who are not targets, I'm sure."