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31 Oct 2007, 5:57 pm
Selvin's article, entitled "Lawyer enters plea of guilty: William Lerach pleads in a scheme to bribe plaintiffs in class-action suits for shareholders," may be found in the Business Section of the October 30, 2007 edition of the Los Angeles Times. [read post]
13 Apr 2010, 5:37 pm by Steve Bainbridge
William Lerach was once the scourge of corporate America as a leading plaintiff's securities lawyer. [read post]
10 Feb 2008, 9:59 pm
"A prominent class-action lawyer facing sentencing today for secretly paying plaintiffs to file securities lawsuits, William Lerach, is suggesting that the under-the-table practice was widespread and was not isolated to the firm he helped run for decades, Milberg Weiss. ... [read post]
18 Aug 2008, 5:04 pm
The Examiner newspaper's new Sunday edition has a package on William Lerach, the trial lawyer extraordinaire now imprisoned for the Milberg Weiss class-action fraud. [read post]
20 Nov 2007, 12:18 pm
Trial lawyer William Lerach, who earlier this year pleaded guilty to a criminal conspiracy charge, is in line to recover as much as $50 million in fees from the securities litigation against Enron Corp., according to people with knowledge of the projected fee distribution. [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]
31 May 2007, 5:55 am
"Plaintiff Lawyer to Quit His Firm; Lerach Represented Enron Shareholders": The Washington Post today contains an article that begins, "Plaintiff lawyer William S. [read post]
8 Feb 2008, 6:05 pm
"I do so today because of the unique contribution William Lerach has made to our society and to the practice of law. [read post]
19 Sep 2007, 3:29 pm
Koppel's article, entitled "Investigation of Milberg Lands a Pivotal Figure: Lerach Agrees to plea, Could Go to Prison; gains Forfeited to U.S. [read post]
31 Jan 2007, 8:14 pm
Superstar plaintiffs lawyer William Lerach has remained outside the reach of investigators looking at a kickback scheme at his former firm, Milberg Weiss, but a guilty plea in the case on Wednesday might change that. [read post]
30 Jan 2008, 5:23 am
As detailed in this New York Sun article and this WSJ Law Blog post, federal prosecutors "are seeking a two-year prison term for one of the nation's most successful class-action attorneys, William Lerach. [read post]
15 Aug 2006, 4:35 pm
In Business Week's latest offline Competition edition (August 21/28, 2006) William Lerach, the Wall Street lawyer who has forced hundreds of companies to settle securities-fraud lawsuits for billions of dollars, makes some good points worth analyzing. [read post]
24 Jun 2010, 10:11 pm by Walter Olson
[Tim Fernholz, TAP] Tags: Bill Lerach Related posts Yogurt marketing class action (1) William Lerach and Milberg Weiss (0) Torkelsen Lerach scandal, cont’d (0) Tonight’s 20/20: Stossel on extortionate attorneys (2) The rise and fall of Gene Cauley (0) [read post]
3 Dec 2006, 12:15 pm
The federal judge overseeing the Enron shareholders’ class-action lawsuit dismissed a $1 billion claim brought by plaintiffs’ lawyer William Lerach against investment firm Alliance Capital Management. [read post]
12 Feb 2008, 12:46 pm
Thanks to some overzealous redactions, it appeared that America's once and possibly future First Couple were among the 159 individuals who had written letters urging lenience for securities lawyer and convicted kick-backer William Lerach. [read post]
1 Oct 2009, 9:12 am
The California Bar Journal reports: WILLIAM S. [read post]
3 Dec 2006, 1:20 am
In a decision that she conceded flies in the face of previous rulings by other courts, a federal judge in Houston has ordered the law firm of William S. [read post]
11 Feb 2008, 10:42 am
  Unlike Stewart, who gave a single lecture at an ethics conference, William Lerach could be more heavily involved in teaching the basic legal ethics course at Pittsburgh. [read post]
13 Oct 2007, 10:20 am
"Class-action lawyer to fight federal charges; Six people, including Melvyn Weiss' protege, attorney William Lerach, have made plea deals in the case": The Los Angeles Times today contains an article that begins, "Melvyn I. [read post]
2 Mar 2010, 9:01 pm by Walter Olson
Tags: Bill Lerach Related posts Yogurt marketing class action (1) William Lerach and Milberg Weiss (0) Torkelsen Lerach scandal, cont’d (0) Tonight’s 20/20: Stossel on extortionate attorneys (2) The rise and fall of Gene Cauley (0) [read post]