It should be noted, however, that none of the companies admitted to any wrongdoing. At the time, Becton Dickinson's CEO Edward J. Ludwig said the company agreed to settle only to avoid the costs of "protracted trials" and appeals, according to a 2004 New York Times report.

"We thought that in light of this cost and distraction, it was in our best interest to arrive at this settlement and move on," Mr. Ludwig was quoted as saying via conference call in the article.


How accurate is it?

But the larger question is, how accurate is the film? It was co-written by someone fairly close to the story -- Paul Danziger, Weiss' former partner (played in the movie by co-director Mark Kassen).

But Mark Lanier, a "mega-lawyer" who eventually took on Shaw's case, refiling it in federal court, and who has a part in the movie, told the Wall Street Journal the film was "not a documentary" and was a "loose conglomeration of several cases with plenty of Hollywood mixed in."

"I play the role of a lawyer named 'Mark Lanier,'" he told the paper.

You may have a long wait to weigh-in with your opinion unless you live in New York and can catch its final showings this week at the Tribeca Film Festival. The festival organizers told DOTmed News the film hasn't been picked up by a distributor yet.

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