The future of working -- and networking

Last week, the New York Times reported that Rielle Hunter's lawyer, who issued a statement in December that Hunter was not carrying John Edwards' child, and Andrew Young's lawyer, who shortly thereafter issued a statement that Hunter was carrying hishis client's child, were not unconnected to each other. Instead, both had worked on legal cases with Fred Baron, the influential trial lawyer and former finance chairman of Edwards' presidential campaign. The link between two supposedly independent players via a key Edwards advisor suggests that attempts to control the scandal have been much more extensive than first reported.

By Bradley W. Bloch

August 24, 2008