Circle of Greed
The Spectacular Rise and Fall of the Lawyer Who Brought Corporate America to ItsKnees
Published on 2. March 2010
544 pages
978-0-307-58917-0 (ISBN)
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Circle of Greed is the epic story of the rise and fall of Bill 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. Now, the man who brought corporate moguls to their knees has fallen prey to the same corrupt impulses of his enemies, and is paying the price by serving time in federal prison.
If there was ever 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, Bill Lerach's story is it.
If there was ever 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, Bill Lerach's story is it.
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The Spectacular Rise and Fall of the Lawyer Who Brought Corporate America to Its Knees
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Patrick Dillon has won many journalism awards including a share of the Pulitzer Prize- and is the author of the acclaimed Lost at Sea. The executive editor of California magazine, he was formerly editor in chief of Forbes ASAP, a writer for the Christian Science Monitor, and an editor and columnist at the San Jose Mercury News. He lives in San Francisco, California.
Carl M. Cannon is the deputy editor of politicsdaily.com and coauthor of Reagan's Disciple: George W. Bush's Troubled Quest for a Presidential Legacy. He has won numerous awards, including a share of the Pulitzer Prize in 1989, and the prestigious Gerald R. Ford Prize for Distinguished Reporting of the Presidency. He lives in Arlington, Virginia.
Carl M. Cannon is the deputy editor of politicsdaily.com and coauthor of Reagan's Disciple: George W. Bush's Troubled Quest for a Presidential Legacy. He has won numerous awards, including a share of the Pulitzer Prize in 1989, and the prestigious Gerald R. Ford Prize for Distinguished Reporting of the Presidency. He lives in Arlington, Virginia.
Content
- Intro
- Title Page
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Prologue
- Chapter 1 - Dragon Slayer
- Chapter 2 - The Young Man from Pittsburgh
- Chapter 3 - The Young Lawyer from Pittsburgh
- Chapter 4 - Golden State
- Chapter 5 - A House on the Hill
- Chapter 6 - Ogre of the Valley
- Chapter 7 - The Big Con
- Chapter 8 - Into the Breach
- Chapter 9 - Making A Case
- Chapter 10 - Making Enemies
- Chapter 11 - The Witness from Hell
- Chapter 12 - A Gift Horse Named Keating
- Chapter 13 - A Trojan Horse Named Keating
- Chapter 14 - The Visible Hand of Greed
- Chapter 15 - Revenge of the Republicans
- Chapter 16 - Revenge of the Nerds
- Chapter 17 - Mistake by the Lake
- Chapter 18 - Phoenix Rising
- Chapter 19 - Vendetta
- Chapter 20 - Fraud by Hindsight
- Chapter 21 - Let's Make A Deal
- Chapter 22 - The Hunters and the Hunted
- Chapter 23 - "Nobody can Stop Me"
- Chapter 24 - The Patience of Job
- Chapter 25 - The Not-So-Perfect Circle
- Chapter 26 - All Fall Down
- Chapter 27 - A Narrow Definition of Deceit
- Chapter 28 - A Broad Definition of Deceit
- Epilogue
- Notes
- Copyright
