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1 Jun 2008, 7:39 pm
In February, Walter sentenced Weiss's protege and former partner, William Lerach, to the maximum prison sentence allowed under his plea agreement and criticized prosecutors for proposing a sentence that he considered too lenient. [read post]
28 Nov 2006, 5:18 am
District Judge John Walter, prosecutors said that the government may add charges... [read post]
2 Jun 2008, 12:57 pm
Lerach: Analyzing Two Sentences UPDATE:  Weiss's lawyer released this press statement following the sentencing:While any sentence of imprisonment for a great man like Mr Weiss is sad to contemplate, we are grateful that Judge Walter reduced the sentence to 30 months from the 33 months called for in the Plea Agreement. [read post]
1 Jun 2008, 2:01 pm
Judge Walter was plenty harsh on Weiss today as well. [read post]
11 Feb 2008, 7:20 am
[JURIST] US District Judge John Walter of the Central District of California on Monday sentenced former Milberg Weiss [firm website] partner William Lerach to two years in prison for his part in the firm's illegal kickback scheme [WSJ backgrounder]. [read post]
29 May 2008, 2:42 pm
You report accurately that more than 275 people saw fit to write to Judge Walter in support of Mr. [read post]
29 Jan 2008, 4:07 am
"According to a statement from the prosecution, [federal judge John] Walter said he would have sentenced Lazar to a substantial prison term if he were younger and healthier. [read post]
18 Nov 2010, 2:10 pm by Julie Triedman
Simpson Thacher, Osler, Goodmans, Paul Weiss, and Davies Ward are among the firms working on the deal. [read post]
21 Dec 2007, 8:26 pm
The Los Angeles Times reports today that Judge John Walter of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Calfornia denied a motion by Weiss's defense attorneys to move the case from Los Angeles to New York. [read post]
23 Mar 2007, 7:03 am
Recently, I left a comment on the Bizarro-Overlawyered website commenting on the Milberg Weiss Fellow's appallingly dishonest misrepresentation of a Walter Olson column, reprinted on two or three other left-wing websites and still not retracted, though Milberg Weiss Fellow Cyrus Dugger has had time to write over a dozen other posts since then. [read post]
10 Feb 2008, 9:21 am
Today, Los Angeles federal judge John Walter is due to sentence Lerach, who agreed to plead guilty last September to playing a role in the alleged kickback scheme at Milberg Weiss. [read post]
28 Nov 2006, 4:44 am
A federal judge scheduled the trial of class-action law firm Milberg Weiss Bershad & Schulman for January 2008. [read post]
12 Jul 2007, 10:15 pm
More on the story Walter only teased us with earlier today: The Associated Press reports on the fall of a mighty class action plaintiffs' lawyer -- the managing partner and third name in the firm now known only as Milberg Weiss: A former partner of a major New York law firm pleaded guilty to conspiracy Monday in connection with kickbacks the firm is accused of paying to plaintiffs in class action and shareholder lawsuits. [read post]
19 Sep 2007, 4:28 am
Following up on Walter's Sep. 18 roundup, Lerach should be proud of his lawyers: his plea deal is for a single count of mispaying Steven Cooperman, drops all of the Torkelson-related charges, will likely get him out of prison in under two years, requires the government to forgo prosecution of his current law partners, and doesn't require him to cooperate with the prosecution of Melvyn Weiss. [read post]
18 Oct 2007, 8:49 am
Among the cast of eccentrics in the Milberg Weiss case, Seymour Lazar is perhaps the most colorful. [read post]
5 Aug 2007, 7:16 pm
This just in: The hearing on the motion to dismiss charges in the Milberg Weiss criminal kickbacks case has concluded. [read post]
28 Oct 2007, 3:32 pm
Lerach’s plea deal calls for him to serve a one to two year sentence, but we’ll have to wait to see if judge John Walter accepts that sentencing range. [read post]
17 Nov 2015, 1:18 pm by Doug Cornelius
.; Walter Ricciardi, Partner, Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison, New York; and Bruce Karpati, Global CCO/Director, KKR, New York provided their view, now that they are on the other side. [read post]