At a panel discussion at Loyola Law School last year, Lewin said he's worked cold cases for more than 15 years, describing them as tough cases that require "elbow grease".
He said the decision to come in on the state's side presented a "tough case, one that we approached with reluctance".
Even so, "Prozac Backlash" makes a tough, persuasive case that the drugs are more dangerous than generally acknowledged, that patients and doctors are insufficiently informed about the risks and that drug companies devote vast amounts of money and energy to spin control.
Last summer, before the nation's attention turned away from the vanished Congressional aide, Jim Stewart, a CBS reporter, said that "the F.B.I. officially transferred the Chandra Levy investigation to its Cold Case unit, which has historically handled only the toughest of cases that have few clues.... Cold case means cold leads, few tips and little to go on".
Mr. Thompson also has publicly attacked Mr. Vance's handling of the Strauss-Kahn prosecution, saying that he was afraid to try a tough case — an accusation that the district attorney's office vigorously denied.
"It's a case that's not tough," he said.
As the US president prepares to visit Japan for the G7 next week he faces tough questions from Abe over a case that could fuel opposition to the presence of US troops on the southern Japanese island.
If that does not work, perhaps migrants could have part of their salaries withheld during their stay in Europe, for collection only once they reach home.In case that is not tough enough, there will be sticks and carrots for governments to make sure they take people back.
"It's a tough case to make that it's a violation of the code as it's worded," said Fingas, explaining that the code protects people from discrimination in certain contexts, including trade unions, employment, contracts, admission to public spaces, and the purchase of property.
She even helped write an amicus brief for the Chamber in a case that made it tougher for employees to sue their employers for workplace harassment. .
