Author(s)
Source
New York: Doubleday, June 2008
Summary
This thriller tells the tale of a lawyer involved in patent litigation—and murder.
Policy Relevance
Murder is not a good litigation tactic.
Main Points
- The hero, a New York lawyer, takes over a lawsuit for biotech patent infringement in California when the lead trial lawyer dies.
- The hero suspects that their opponent in the case, a large pharmaceutical firm, has had the lead trial lawyer murdered.
- The patented product, an AIDS vaccine, might have been stolen by the infringers.
