A list of the top corporate law movies was recently released and not surprisingly in just about every movie the corporations and their legal departments were the bad guys.
It’s easy to make the large conglomerate the antagonist in a movie against a young protagonist like Julia Roberts or a determined solo attorney like John Travolta.
But how accurate are these portrayals and are companies really as evil as the corporate law movies would like you to believe? Here’s a top five list as compiled by Inside Counsel:
Unlike movies involving other professions like archaeologists or doctors, it appears that most of the good corporate law movies are based on true stories. While the real-life actors may not look quite as nice as Julia Roberts or George Clooney, the underlying stories are generally pretty accurate and give you some idea of the legal actions that some of the largest corporations face.
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