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24 May 2016, 9:00 am
[We have the following author's query.]For a study of Melvyn Weiss, formerly of Milberg, Weiss, Bershad & Schulman, I'm looking for anyone familiar with Mr. [read post]
22 Feb 2016, 4:36 pm
I welcome guest post submissions from responsible authors on topics of interest to this blog’s readers. [read post]
13 Jun 2012, 10:34 am
Jaso, Eric Jaso, False Claims Act, Fried Frank, Fried Frank Harris Shriver & Jacobson, Judge Anita Brody, Lateral Hiring, Lateral Moves, Laterals, Litigation, Litigators, Mel Weiss, Melvyn I. [read post]
8 Jul 2011, 12:25 pm
I won, but it cost me $80,000,” he said. [read post]
22 Jun 2011, 6:40 am
Famed securities class action lawyer Melvyn Weiss used to sit at — or very near — the top of the legal pyramid, thanks to the billions in fraud settlements his old firm, Milberg Weiss, helped engineer. [read post]
22 Jun 2011, 5:29 am
That's just what former securities class action lawyer Melvyn I. [read post]
21 Jun 2011, 5:09 pm
Melvyn I. [read post]
14 Mar 2010, 6:06 pm
Our big regret is that Lerach’s law partner Melvyn Weiss would not consent to an interview. [read post]
2 Oct 2009, 1:53 am
During 2007 and 2008, four individual partners – Melvyn Weiss, David Bershad, William Lerach, and Steven Schulman – pleaded guilty to criminal charges for paying kickbacks to name plaintiffs in securities class action litigation. [read post]
25 Feb 2009, 12:34 pm
Did they know or care that Milberg Weiss had a storied history of fraud all its own, I wondered. [read post]
8 Dec 2008, 4:21 pm
" Other Potential Reforms At the same time, it appears unlikely that Congress will approve legislation inspired by the Milberg Weiss kickback probe, which ultimately resulted in guilty pleas by William Lerach, Melvyn Weiss, and two other former partners of the once-dominant plaintiffs' law firm. [read post]
5 Jun 2008, 3:41 pm
You may recall the post I did earlier this week about the Trailer Lawyers' brief requesting Judge Senter reconsider his disqualification, a brief that suggests they have been quaffing some abundantly spiked Scruggsian Kool-Aid.-- You might have seen the recent article by syndicated columnist David Ignatius on Scruggs, which contained these paragraphs: What destroyed [plaintiffs attorney Melvyn] Weiss and Scruggs was a… [read post]
3 Jun 2008, 2:10 am
Melvyn I. [read post]
3 Jun 2008, 12:33 am
Mel Weiss Sentenced to 30 Months for Kickback Scheme
The National Law Journal
A federal judge in Los Angeles sentenced Melvyn Weiss to 30 months in prison on Monday, saying that the criminal conduct of the co-founding partner of the Milberg firm "strikes directly at the core and heart of the judicial system. [read post]
2 Jun 2008, 12:18 pm
Melvyn I. [read post]
1 Jun 2008, 2:01 pm
This just in: Melvyn Weiss, the plaintiffs’ lawyer who pioneered a controversial and lucrative area of law suing corporations on behalf of shareholders, was sentenced today in federal court in Los Angeles to 30 months in prison. [read post]
29 May 2008, 2:42 pm
Editor’s Note: In the past week, this blog posted about letters in support of plaintiffs lawyer Melvyn Weiss in anticipation of his sentencing, scheduled for Monday in Los Angeles. [read post]
21 May 2008, 11:55 pm
In reality, the only other examples of such prosecutions include Mississippi lawyer Richard "Dickie" Scruggs and Melvyn Weiss and William Lerach, securities class action lawyers at the New York firm formerly known as Milberg Weiss. [read post]
21 Mar 2008, 1:06 am
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Melvyn Weiss Agrees to Plead Guilty to Role in Kickback Scheme
New York Law Journal
Famed securities class action lawyer Melvyn I. [read post]
20 Mar 2008, 9:09 pm
I'm quoted on the Melvyn Weiss guilty plea, and on the way certain crooks have successfully been passing themselves off as white knights in press coverage of shareholder and consumer litigation. [read post]
