How the New Litigation Elite Threatens America's Rule of Law
by
Walter K. Olson
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2004
Big-ticket litigation is a way of life in this country. But something new is afoot--something typified by the $246 billion tobacco settlement, and by courtroom assaults that have followed against industries ranging from HMOs to gunmakers, from lead paint manufacturers to "factory farms."...