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22 Aug 2020, 9:46 am by Georgialee Lang
WILLIAM LERACH $900 Million William Lerach specialized in corporate law, specifically private securities class action lawsuits, the largest being the $7.12 billion he obtained as the lead attorney in the action against Enron. [read post]
12 Oct 2018, 2:58 am by Walter Olson
“California’s Unconstitutional Gender Quotas for Corporate Boards” [Ilya Somin, Stephen Bainbridge, Jerome Woehrle, Ann Althouse] Useful tool, or abuse of power? [read post]
23 Apr 2018, 1:20 am by Kevin LaCroix
I welcome guest post submissions from responsible authors on topics of interest to this blog’s readers. [read post]
23 Dec 2016, 11:46 am
Brown Jr. today announced the appointment of  William S. [read post]
30 Jun 2016, 9:11 pm by Georgialee Lang
WILLIAM LERACH $900 Million William Lerach specialized in corporate law, specifically  private securities class action lawsuits, the largest being the $7.12 billion he obtained as the lead attorney in the action against Enron. [read post]
25 May 2015, 4:43 pm by Kevin LaCroix
  The judgment was entered against Household International; its former Chairman and CEO William Aldinger; its former CFO and COO David Schoenholz; and its former Vice-Chair of Consumer Lending Gary Gilmer. [read post]
6 Dec 2011, 6:54 am by Walter Olson
[Examiner] Tags: Bill Lerach Related posts Yogurt marketing class action (1) William Lerach and Milberg Weiss (0) Update: California high court narrows Proposition 64 (9) Torkelsen Lerach scandal, cont’d (0) Tonight’s 20/20: Stossel on extortionate attorneys (2) [read post]
26 Oct 2011, 8:55 pm by Paul Karlsgodt
   Whatever you might think about Lerach, it’s hard to deny his influence on the development of modern U.S. class actions. [read post]
23 Aug 2011, 10:25 pm by Steve Bainbridge
Indeed, for that reason I wrote critically last year about Bill Lerachs foray into law teaching. [read post]
23 Aug 2011, 4:29 am by Larry Ribstein
Indeed, for that reason I wrote critically last year about Bill Lerachs foray into law teaching. [read post]
11 Jul 2011, 4:00 am by Nick Farr
InJustice purports to offer an in-depth look at the rise and fall of the so-called “kings of torts,” the wealthy and successful Plaintiff’s lawyers like Richard Scruggs, Melvyn Weiss, and William Lerach. [read post]
8 Jul 2011, 12:25 pm by David Ingram
InJustice zeroes in on Richard “Dickie” Scruggs, who made millions in tobacco litigation before being convicted in a Mississippi judicial bribery scheme, and on Milberg Weiss partners William Lerach and Melvyn Weiss, two famed securities class-action lawyers who pleaded guilty in a case about kickbacks to plaintiffs. [read post]
11 Aug 2010, 10:00 am by admin
Disgraced plaintiffs attorney William Lerach pleaded guilty in 2007 to a charge of conspiring to obstruct justice and make false statements in many of his law firm’s class actions. [read post]
10 Aug 2010, 4:00 pm by Miriam Baer
  The federal judge who heard his motion was particularly upset with Lerach, voicing discontent with Lerach's apparent lack of remorse (in contrast to the remorse he allegedly showed at sentencing) and with the general nature of Lerach's community service to date. [read post]
10 Aug 2010, 2:19 pm by Kashmir Hill & David Lat
Cal.) has rejected Bill Lerachs proposal to rack up community service hours by teaching law at UC Irvine. [read post]
10 Aug 2010, 10:39 am by Kevin
On Monday, a federal judge denied William Lerach's request to teach a law-school class to satisfy a community-service requirement, saying that he was not convinced that Lerach had been truthful when he expressed remorse at his sentencing hearing. [read post]
9 Aug 2010, 10:12 pm by Walter Olson
(& welcome Bainbridge readers) Tags: Bill Lerach, law schools Related posts From disgrace to the law lectern (1) Beyond parody: Lerach plans to teach law at Irvine (3) Yogurt marketing class action (1) William Lerach and Milberg Weiss (0) What happened to the slavery reparations movement? [read post]
9 Aug 2010, 9:18 am by David Lat
Here’s a description of Lerachs proposed class (see here, page 3): Dean Erwin Chemerinsky has asked Mr. [read post]