{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/69e74e7c07ecece42a32f22c/69e74e8b07ecece42a32f3f1?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"#11 - Exposing One of the Biggest Corporate Cover-Ups of All Time.","description":"<p>When English lawyer Richard Meeran uncovered mining company Cape PLC's internal documents in the 1990s, he found damning evidence of one of the biggest international corporate cover-ups in history.</p><p><br></p><p>His friend, lawyer David Kinley, tells the story in <a href=\"https://www.press.jhu.edu/books/title/23079/rain-dust?srsltid=AfmBOoqaNOM0O4-l4yPaDCDEZhByWSFvRBDIwnBNN1bLqmOohxLv091y\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">\"In a Rain of Dust\"</a>, a real-life legal thriller.</p><p><br></p><p>In this episode:</p><ul><li>How Meeran exposed the cover-up</li><li>How Cape PLC was prepared to fight dirty to keep it all suppressed, including targeting Meeran.</li><li>The surreal story of finding smoking-gun documents in an abandoned mining office</li></ul><p><br></p><p><a href=\"https://www.press.jhu.edu/books/title/23079/rain-dust?srsltid=AfmBOoqaNOM0O4-l4yPaDCDEZhByWSFvRBDIwnBNN1bLqmOohxLv091y\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><em>In a Rain of Dust: Death, Deceit, and the Lawyer Who Busted Big Asbestos</em></a><em> </em>by David Kinley</p><p><br></p><p>Guest: <a href=\"https://profiles.sydney.edu.au/david.kinley\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Professor David Kinley</a>, Chair in Human Rights Law, University of Sydney Law School</p>","author_name":"MINIATURE"}