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Archive for the ‘Milberg Weiss & Bershad’ Category

Big Penalty Set for Law Firm, but Not a Trial

Tuesday, June 17th, 2008

The law firm known as Milberg, once a scourge of corporate America, agreed to the settlement to avoid a criminal trial, ending a seven-year investigation.

author By JONATHAN D. GLATER, source www.nytimes.com

Posted in Lerach, William S, Milberg Weiss & Bershad, Weiss, Melvyn I, Decisions and Verdicts, Suits and Litigation | Comments Off | Read more..

Class-Action Lawyer Gets 30 Months in Prison

Tuesday, June 3rd, 2008

Melvyn I. Weiss, the prominent class-action lawyer, was sentenced to 30 months in prison by a federal district judge in Los Angeles for his role in concealing illegal kickbacks to plaintiffs.

author By JONATHAN D. GLATER, source www.nytimes.com

Posted in Embezzlement, Sentences (Criminal), Lerach, William S, Milberg Weiss & Bershad, Weiss, Melvyn I, Suits and Litigation, United States Politics and Government, Frauds and Swindling, Bribery | Comments Off | Read more..

Lawyer Pleads Guilty in Kickback Scheme

Thursday, April 3rd, 2008

Melvyn I. Weiss, co-founder of a prominent New York law firm, pleaded guilty Wednesday to a racketeering conspiracy charge in a kickback scheme.

author By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS, source www.nytimes.com

Posted in Milberg Weiss & Bershad, Embezzlement, Weiss, Melvyn I, Los Angeles (Calif), Racketeering and Racketeers, Suits and Litigation | Comments Off | Read more..

High-Profile Trial Lawyer Agrees to Guilty Plea

Friday, March 21st, 2008

Melvyn I. Weiss’s plea is an acknowledgment of his role in a scheme to make hidden side payments to plaintiffs in class-action lawsuits.

author By JONATHAN D. GLATER, source www.nytimes.com

Posted in Weiss. Melvyn I., Plea Bargaining, Milberg Weiss & Bershad, Frauds and Swindling, Suits and Litigation | Comments Off | Read more..