Revisiting Dewey & LeBoeuf

Who knew those Dewey boys were crooks too?  Alleged crooks, the legal department is making me say.  I just thought they were the typical rank-and-file greedy, arrogant bastards who, in the interest of making a small fortune for themselves, blew up a famous old company and put several thousand people out of work.

Which is slightly better than the management of, say, Lehman Brothers.  Who, in the interest of making a small fortune for themselves, blew up a famous old company and put tens of thousands of people out of work.

Here's the appropriate painting ...

The amazing part is that a bunch of presumably savvy lawyers managed to scrawl down so much incriminating stuff and then email it to each-other.  EMAIL IT!  The joke goes that your lawyer will tell you that the e in email stands for evidence.  Where did these guys get their degrees?  Sears?