After just finishing "Bad Blood", the book by John Carreyrou on the Theranos fraud, this particular passage in the article had me incensed:
> This week a lawyer for Advanced Dermatology and Cosmetic Surgery, which is backed by private equity and is the largest dermatology practice in the United States, called the general counsel at the University of Florida, where two of the authors are employed, demanding specific changes to the paper.
I'm disgusted by these high-powered law firms using thuggish tactics to try to silence critics. I have no problem with these lawyers responding to the article, in public, after it is published, but using the threat of expensive litigation to shut people up is just gross and morally bankrupt.
> This week a lawyer for Advanced Dermatology and Cosmetic Surgery, which is backed by private equity and is the largest dermatology practice in the United States, called the general counsel at the University of Florida, where two of the authors are employed, demanding specific changes to the paper.
I'm disgusted by these high-powered law firms using thuggish tactics to try to silence critics. I have no problem with these lawyers responding to the article, in public, after it is published, but using the threat of expensive litigation to shut people up is just gross and morally bankrupt.