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Bad Acts: The Racketeering Case Against the Tobacco Industry
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About Bad Acts: The Racketeering Case Against The Tobacco
Product Description Bad Acts gives the inside story of the battle, not only in court but in politics, to bring Big Tobacco to justice. I know this from first-hand experience. Anyone who cares about what it takes to bring justice to big corporations needs to read this book. David Kessler, MD, former Commissioner for the United States Food and Drug Administration On January 20, 1999, President Bill Clinton announced in his State of the Union address that the Justice Department was planning to sue the tobacco industry and assigned the task to Attorney General Janet Reno and the Justice Department. This book is the story of that case - the politics, the litigation, the behavior of the industry and its lawyers, the efforts by the Bush Administration to gut the case, and the ultimate victory in court. Bad Acts tells the story, not yet fully revealed, of what was happening behind the scenes at the Justice Department as the case approached victory, when the Bush Administration intervened, with some success, to protect Big Tobacco. The book examines the political influences and interferences of and by Clinton Democrats and George W. Bush Republicans. It is a candid behind-the-scenes account of how the case was put together, how the industry attempted to halt the case, and how it ultimately was won by the Justice Department. Review Cigarettes have killed more people than any other consumer product. Here is the story of how a courageous team of lawyers led by Sharon Eubanks stood up to Big Tobacco, and managed to bring them to a modicum of justice. A story of intrigue and legal bullying, this book is well worth the read. --Robert N. Proctor, PhD, author of Golden Holocaust: Origins of the Cigarette Catastrophe and the Case for Abolition Bad Acts is a gripping day-by-day chronicle of what may well be the greatest trial ever on corporate wrongdoing. Sharon Eubanks writes in personal, direct terms about the challenges in taking on Big Tobacco and its legions of lawyers. She details the challenges faced as an African-American woman leading a Justice Department trial team; documents the unrelenting interference from a hostile Bush administration; and above all, explains what it was like to face off against the scorched earth tactics of the shameless Big Tobacco attorneys. This is a pull-no-punches, tell-it-like-it-is account from a heroic woman who took on Big Tobacco and its allies and against the odds won. With co-author Stanton Glantz, Sharon Eubanks has delivered a page-turner that will both make your blood boil and remind you that a few determined individuals really can make a difference. --Robert Weissman, President, Public Citizen Drafting the racketeering statute, as I did, only put it on the books. Eubanks tenacity in litigating under it against Big Tobacco, despite the odds against her, made it effective against one of its most egregious offenders. I heartily recommend her story to all shades of readers. She is one of my heroes. --G. Robert Blakey, Professor of Law, University of Notre Dame About the Author Sharon Y. Eubanks is an attorney with the law firm of Sanford Wittels & Heisler in Washington, DC, where she specializes in civil rights and general public interest cases. She spent 22 years as an attorney in the Civil Division of the United States Department of Justice, where she led the team that pursued for six years, including a nine-month trial, the case against the major cigarette manufacturers for violating the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations (RICO) Act. Following the trial, she was forced into early retirement by the George W. Bush administration. She lives just outside Washington, DC, in McLean, Virginia, with her husband. She has three daughters, twins who are in college and one who is a recent graduate working on a political campaign. Stanton A. Glantz is a professor of medicine and an American Legacy Foundation Distinguished Professor in Tobacco Control at the University of Cali
