Jake gets a new job at an upscale firm that provides him with a condo, but his heart is back at his old apartment building where tenants are being forced out by a greedy developer.
Jack Shannon's secretary Lucy Acosta is almost killed in a bizarre shootout involving two police officers. Jack decides to take action by filing a wrongful death suit against the department.
The First Amendment rights of a bullying TV talk-show host are defended by Jack Shannon when he is charged with instigating anti-Arab sentiments that results in an Arab shop keeper being beaten to death.