Assuming the Risk: The Mavericks, the Lawyers, and the Whistle-blowers who Beat Big Tobacco
- ISBN-10
- 0316664898
- ISBN-13
- 9780316664899
- Category
- Business & Economics
- Pages
- 385
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1999
- Publisher
- Little Brown & Company
- Author
- Michael Orey
Description
Portrays a group of private citizens, lawyers, and whistleblowers who united to take on and defeat the powerful tobacco industry in a landmark Mississippi case
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