Assuming the Risk : The Mavericks, the Lawyers, and the Whistle-Blowers Who Beat Big Tobacco

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In this incredible story that reads like a legal thriller, Michael Orey recounts the unprecedented defeat of big tobacco. In 1985, Nathan Horton, a building contractor in rural Mississippi, developed a chronic ache in his left shoulder. A year and a half later, he was dead from lung cancer. In his final, painful months, Horton had filed suit against the manufacturer of the cigarettes he had smoked for more than thirty years. Horton, who was black, found a most unlik… More >>

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Movie Money: Understanding Hollywood’s Accounting Practices

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Examining the numerous film industry definitions of “gross” and “net” profits, and the many ways in which these figures are calculated, this book attempts to unravel and explain the business’ arcane “creative” accounting practices…. More >>

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The ABCs of the UCC, Article 9: Secured Transactions

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A comprehensive index to Revised Article 9. With chapters written by Steven O. Weise, the ABA advisor to the Revised Article 9 Drafting Committee, and Edwin E Smith, a member of the Drafting Committee, you’ll gain an insider’s perspective on comparisons of the rules…. More >>

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