Circle of greed
Subtitle: the spectacular rise and fall of the lawyer who brought corporate America to its knees
By: Patrick Dillon and Carl M. Cannon
Contributors: Cannon, Carl M.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Broadway Books
Published: 2010
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 532
ISBN-13: 9780767929943
Description: The epic story of the rise and fall of William S. Lerach, once the leading class action lawyer in America and now a convicted felon. For more than two decades, Lerach threatened, shook down and sued top Fortune 500 companies, including Disney, Apple, Time Warner, and--most famously--Enron. To the people he championed, he was the plaintiffs' Robin Hood, a one-man posse fighting corporate villains. Then, the man who brought corporate moguls to their knees fell prey to the same corrupt impulses, and paid the price by disgrace, disbarment, and time in federal prison. If ever there was a modern Greek tragedy about a man and his times, about corporate arrogance and illusions and the scorched-earth tactics to not only counteract corporate America but to beat it at its own game, it is Bill Lerach's story.--From publisher description.
Notes: Includes bibliographical reference (p. [467]-515) and index.
Table of contents: title: Dragon slayer; title: The young man from Pittsburgh; title: The young lawyer from Pittsburgh; title: Golden State; title: A house on the hill; title: Ogre of the valley; title: The big con; title: Into the breach; title: Making a case; title: Making enemies; title: The witness from hell; title: A gift horse named Keating; title: A trojan horse named Keating; title: The visible hand of greed; title: Revenge of the Republicans; title: Revenge of the nerds; title: Mistake by the lake; title: Phoenix rising; title: Vendetta; title: Fraud by hindsight; title: Let's make a deal; title: The hunters and the hunted; title: "Nobody can stop me"; title: The patience of Job; title: The not-so-perfect circle; title: All fall down; title: A narrow definition of deceit; title: A broad definition of deceit.