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Re:Can I drop a pacemaker 0day? by polarix on Wednesday June 04, 2014 @10:14PM (#7849828)
And who pays the lawyer?
Re:Can I drop a pacemaker 0day? by aaronbrethorst on Wednesday June 04, 2014 @10:33PM (#7849881)
I expect that any savvy lawyer would be happy to take this pro bono. Think of how much free publicity they'd get for their practice.
Re:Can I drop a pacemaker 0day? by eps on Thursday June 05, 2014 @02:19AM (#7850483)
Ah, excellent plan. That's a variation of a good old "you should write us an app / design a logo / sketch a website for free, just for all the exposure you get".
Re:Can I drop a pacemaker 0day? by baddox on Thursday June 05, 2014 @04:06AM (#7850799)
I see a lot of people on the Internet implying that there are plenty of lawyers just sitting around waiting for interesting and potentially high profile cases to take on for free. I've never seen any evidence of this, and I suspect there are very few.
Re:Can I drop a pacemaker 0day? by aaronbrethorst on Thursday June 05, 2014 @01:29PM (#7853038)
http://www2.nycbar.org/mp3/DoingWellByDoingGood/pbi_business...

    Major pro bono matters, or smaller cases with great
    human interest, are far more likely to receive extensive
    coverage. Holland & Knight, for example, received highly
    favorable and extensive coverage of its work in the
    Rosewood case, including a glowing front page, above the
    fold, article in the Wall Street Journal and People.

    Hogan & Hartson, similarly, received a great deal of
    play in the media concerning its representation of
    African-American plaintiffs alleging that Denny’s
    restaurants had discriminated against them. In both
    instances, the firms undertook these time-consuming,
    controversial cases because it was the right thing to
    do. However, their creative, successful lawyering
    became a front-page story.