Preet Bharara, who had more than a half dozen of the insider trading convictions he won overturned or dismissed after an appellate court found that the legal theory they were brought under was unfounded, now has a book deal with Knopf about "integrity" and "moral reasoning" to go along with his post as "distinguished scholar in residence" at NYU Law School.
I'm looking forward to reviewing that book. Maybe some enterprising editor will ask one of Mr. Bharara's victims — like Michael Steinberg or David Ganek — to write a review. So far I haven't seen any word about how much money is involved in the advance, but if it is significant, it's worth thinking about the commercial incentives involved for a prosecutor who can cash in after overreaching by bringing criminal cases that weren't warranted.
