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Shakedown: How Corporations, Government, and Trial Lawyers Abuse the Judicial Process »
Authors: Robert A. Levy
ISBN-13: 9781930865617, ISBN-10: 1930865619
Format: Hardcover
Publisher: Cato Institute
Date Published: November 2004
Edition: (Non-applicable)
Author Biography: Robert A. Levy
Book Synopsis
Shakedown tells a two-part tale of government-sponsored extortion using the courts. Levy uncovers the worst of the abuses and advises to lawmakers what to do about them.
Table of Contents
| 1 | Introduction to part one : tort law as litigation tyranny | 3 |
| 2 | Tobacco Medicaid litigation : snuffing out the rule of law | 9 |
| 3 | Pistol whipped : baseless lawsuits, foolish laws | 55 |
| 4 | More tobacco, lead paint, fatty foods, and alcohol | 89 |
| 5 | Can tort reform and federalism coexist? | 119 |
| 6 | Introduction to part two : antitrust law as corporate welfare for market losers | 161 |
| App. A | Mini-glossary | 167 |
| App. B | Condensed timeline | 170 |
| 7 | Microsoft and the browser wars : fit to be tied | 175 |
| 8 | Microsoft redux : anatomy of a baseless lawsuit | 215 |
| 9 | Microsoft's appealing case | 239 |
| 10 | It's Microsoft redux all over again | 265 |
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