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Notable & Quotable

Dan Seligman in the Sept. 7 Forbes:

Says [Milwaukee lawyer Michael] Bowen: "Lawyers write obscure and impenetrable prose for the same reason the medieval Church didn't want the Bible printed in the vernacular. They want to control and limit access to vital information. They don't want a sales manager to look at a statute and decide for himself that his rebate program is legal; or a plant operations manager to read an EPA regulation and figure out how to get his effluent discharges within the legal limit. The legal profession...