2011-02-28 be010e71fb98cd3a1202c78a5460dadbfbbe2bda 31 Michael Lewis 13 /wiki/michael%20lewis Steve Eisman 70 /wiki/steve%20eisman The Big Short 36 /wiki/the%20big%20short Wing Chau 1 /wiki/wing%20chau Michael Lewis Steve Eisman The Big Short Wing Chau Wing Chau /feed/2011/02/28/wing-chau-a-money-manager-files-a-lawsuit-against-michael-lewis-the-author-of-the-big-short-a-popular-book-about-the Reuters 28 164964092a60f54c5734986bc09a41f7bdaccd82 2 https://www.reuters.com/article/2011/02/28/us-books-defamation-lewis-idUSTRE71R4XX20110228 2011 Wing Chau, a money manager, files a lawsuit against Michael Lewis, the author of The Big Short, a popular book about the financial crisis of 2007-08. Chau alleges the book makes "false and defamtory statements" in order to use Chau as a foil for his protagonist, Steve Eisman.