Errors and Omissions
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.87 (799 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0307274896 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 304 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-10-17 |
| Language | : | English |
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A native of New York, he now lives in Menlo Park, California, with his wife and daughter. He has testified before congressional committees dealing with intellectual property issues and has been an invited expert at international government meetings on copyright issues. A graduate of Brandeis University and Columbia Law School, he is Of Counsel to the law firm of Morrison & Foerster LLP and has regularly been included in Best Lawyers in America. Paul Gol
Goldstein, who does a fine job of breaking down complicated moral, ethical and historical issues to understandable nuggets, has laid the foundation for what could be a strong franchise. What appeared to be a simple legal brief, however, takes Seeley back to the Hollywood of the 1950s when blacklisted writers were forced to conceal their identity to sell scripts—a practice that muddies the Spykiller pedigree for United. . (July)Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. Soon, Seeley finds himself in a viole
What he discovers in these gilded precincts will plunge him headfirst into the tangled politics of the blacklisting era and then into the even darker world of Nazi-occupied Poland. So when United Pictures virtually demands that he fly out to Hollywood to confirm legally that they own the rights to their corporate cash-cow franchise of Spykiller films, he has little choice but to comply. An astonishing novel of legal and moral suspense from Paul Goldstein, a stunning new legal literary talent.Meet Michael Seeley, a take-no-prisoners intellectual property litigator–and a man on the brink of personal and career collapse. Drawing on historical fact and legal scholarship, this is a breathless tale of deception and intrigue.
An Excellent First Effort and Quite Entertaining Eric F. Facer I thoroughly enjoyed "Errors and Omissions." For a first novel, Mr. Goldstein has done quite well. The story hangs together well and, most importantly, it was both believable and engaging. I have only two quibbles with the book. First, every single character in the book was dysfunctional on some level. No one came from a normal family. Those that aren't plagued by alcoholism are . Gin-swilling Detective Drys Out for a Cause Bob Richey You have heard of Mike Hammer, Nick (and Nora) Charles and all of the rest of the classic detectives who are in love with the bottle. This story is about a lawyer who is destroying his excellent reputation by snorkling to the bottom of a bottle of gin when he has a call from a movie studio asking him to research and determine the copyright situation for a very popular series that. "Good book for the general public" according to Kit. This book is by a Stanford Law School Lawyer who handles copyrights and patents. Good book for the general public.