When the partners failed to assassinate Louis Mattioli’s character, they tried to assassinate him all the way. They attempted the tried and true applications like sabotaging a car first. He kept walking away from the wrecks though, and all it did was help car companies diagnose faults in their security and send out targeted updates. They tried various biological, chemical, and cybernetic attacks next, but the Cybernetic Council tends to frown upon people killing their favorite people. So they helped make sure none of the attempts worked out. And Louis continued to calmly represent people in court without ever once accusing his old law firm of doing anything at all to him. The news media followed the various cases with far more interest though, and every failed assassination attempt became one more step on his path to cultural folk hero.