[zdw]

The problem is money.

Large companies can use lawyers to get things like special taxation benefits ("if we build our factory here, can we get a tax break?") or to stamp out competition from smaller companies through patent lawsuits, etc.

Saying that lawyers who participate in such actions is neutral is like saying that the tobacco companies are neutral with regards to cancer caused by smoking. You can't have a system without it's facilitators.

That said, I know and work with a whole lot of very nice lawyers who, to my knowledge, aren't scummy.

[Cushman]

If the problem is money, then why go after the lawyers? Why not the accountants who finance the company? Or the HR managers who organize it? Or the contractors who will be putting that factory up, or, hell, the blue-collar guys who will eventually wind up staffing it?

They're all just hard-working folks trying to make a living. They work for the corporations because the corporations have the money they need. If someone else had the money, they'd work for them instead. The only facilitator here is capital.