Description
Snigdha Prakash was born and brought up in Delhi, India and has lived in the United States since she came here as an undergraduate. She got her start in journalism as a copy aide at the Washington Post writing for the paper’s local and business sections. She covered the mortgage industry and its biggest players, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, for the American Banker, an independent, daily newspaper, from 1993 to 1998. Most recently, she was a reporter for National Public Radio (NPR) from 1998 to 2007, where she investigated and documented several important chapters in the history of the painkiller Vioxx on NPR’s flagship news magazines, “All Things Considered” and “Morning Edition.” In 2009, she was awarded the Gene Roberts Book Award by the Fund for Investigative Journalism. This is her first book.
About the Author
Snigdha Prakash was born and brought up in Delhi, India and has lived in the United States since she came here as an undergraduate. She got her start in journalism as a copy aide at the Washington Post writing for the paper’s local and business sections. She covered the mortgage industry and its biggest players, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, for the American Banker, an independent, daily newspaper, from 1993 to 1998. Most recently, she was a reporter for National Public Radio (NPR) from 1998 to 2007, where she investigated and documented several important chapters in the history of the painkiller Vioxx on NPR’s flagship news magazines, “All Things Considered” and “Morning Edition.” In 2009, she was awarded the Gene Roberts Book Award by the Fund for Investigative Journalism. This is her first book.
Praise for All the Justice Money Can Buy: Corporate Greed on Trial…
“Nuanced and humorous… an inside account of an extraordinary team of lawyers at work…a first-rate legal thriller…” —Barron’s
"Dramatic and well-written, and not shy about taking sides, the book is a great read...offers a rare inside look at the functioning of a trial team..." —Howard M. Erichson, Professor of Law, Fordham Law School, Mass Tort Litigation Blog
“One can read Snigdha Prakash’s disturbing book on two levels: either as in–depth reporting of a major corporate scandal, or as a legal thriller, the denouement of which is left hanging until the final pages. On any score, she offers a…superb read for the lawyer and the layman alike; stick this one in your beach bag.” —Washington Lawyer
“Intense, entertaining, dramatic… captures the players of a big-time trial in all of their brilliance, cunning and humor…it’s a terrific book.” —Mark LaFramboise, Book Buyer, Politics & Prose Bookstore, Washington DC
“A close up, personal account…much like a John Grisham novel…of a case that rocked the medico-legal world…Should be read by anyone who is involved in clinical research, who prescribes medications or who takes such medications.” —Catherine DeAngelis, Editor-in-Chief Emerita, Journal of the American Medical Association
“Nuanced and humorous… an inside account of an extraordinary team of lawyers at work…a first-rate legal thriller…” —Barron’s
"Dramatic and well-written, and not shy about taking sides, the book is a great read...offers a rare inside look at the functioning of a trial team..." —Howard M. Erichson, Professor of Law, Fordham Law School, Mass Tort Litigation Blog
“One can read Snigdha Prakash’s disturbing book on two levels: either as in–depth reporting of a major corporate scandal, or as a legal thriller, the denouement of which is left hanging until the final pages. On any score, she offers a…superb read for the lawyer and the layman alike; stick this one in your beach bag.” —Washington Lawyer
“Intense, entertaining, dramatic… captures the players of a big-time trial in all of their brilliance, cunning and humor…it’s a terrific book.” —Mark LaFramboise, Book Buyer, Politics & Prose Bookstore, Washington DC
“A close up, personal account…much like a John Grisham novel…of a case that rocked the medico-legal world…Should be read by anyone who is involved in clinical research, who prescribes medications or who takes such medications.” —Catherine DeAngelis, Editor-in-Chief Emerita, Journal of the American Medical Association
“Nuanced and humorous… an inside account of an extraordinary team of lawyers at work…a first-rate legal thriller…” —Barron’s
"Dramatic and well-written, and not shy about taking sides, the book is a great read...offers a rare inside look at the functioning of a trial team..." —Howard M. Erichson, Professor of Law, Fordham Law School, Mass Tort Litigation Blog
“One can read Snigdha Prakash’s disturbing book on two levels: either as in–depth reporting of a major corporate scandal, or as a legal thriller, the denouement of which is left hanging until the final pages. On any score, she offers a…superb read for the lawyer and the layman alike; stick this one in your beach bag.” —Washington Lawyer
“Intense, entertaining, dramatic… captures the players of a big-time trial in all of their brilliance, cunning and humor…it’s a terrific book.” —Mark LaFramboise, Book Buyer, Politics & Prose Bookstore, Washington DC
“A close up, personal account…much like a John Grisham novel…of a case that rocked the medico-legal world…Should be read by anyone who is involved in clinical research, who prescribes medications or who takes such medications.” —Catherine DeAngelis, Editor-in-Chief Emerita, Journal of the American Medical Association
