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Kickbacks
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White Collar Crime Prof Blog
Lerach’s Deal
By Ellen Podgor
With the impending superseding indictment of Melvyn Weiss and his firm, Milberg Weiss, the prosecution of the firm and its members for paying secret kickbacks to plaintiffs is nearing its…
White Collar Crime Prof Blog
Conviction in Health Fraud Case Involving Compounded Aerosols
By Ellen Podgor
A DOJ Press Release reports that following a seven day trial in Miami, Florida, "[t]he owner and operator of a Florida durable medical equipment company and an assisted living facility…
White Collar Crime Prof Blog
DoD Steps Up Its Efforts to Find Fraud in Iraqi Contracts
By Ellen Podgor
The military is stepping up its investigations of fraud, bribery, and kickbacks related to the Iraq war and rebuilding program. According to an AP article (here), the Army will look…
Securities Law Prof Blog
Lerach Announces Retirement
William Lerach is retiring from the law firm he founded three years ago, Lerach Coughlin. Lerach says he will focus his attention on the allegations against him in the federal…
White Collar Crime Prof Blog
PING: Lerach to Plead GuiltyURL: http://lawprofessors.typepad.com/whitecollarcrime_blog/2007/09/lerach-to-plead.htmlIP: 10.0.60.10BLOG NAME: White Collar Crime Prof BlogDATE: 09/18/2007 05:07:28 AMFamed class action attorney William Lerach is set to plead guilty in Los Angeles to one count of conspiracy related to payments to representative plaintiffs in cases filed by his former firm, Milberg Weiss. The long-running investigation of the firm
By Ellen Podgor
Famed class action attorney William Lerach is stepping down from his firm as of August 31 in the midst of a drawn-out federal investigation of kickbacks paid to plaintiffs through…
Securities Law Prof Blog
Textron Settles SEC Kickback Charges in UN Oil for Food Program
The SEC today filed Foreign Corrupt Practices Act books and records and internal controls charges against Textron Inc., alleging that from approximately 2001 through 2003, two of Textron's David Brown…
Securities Law Prof Blog
Milberg Client Pleads Guilty to Accepting Kickbacks
Steven G. Cooperman pled guilty in California to taking $6.1 million in kickbacks from Milberg Weiss to serve as lead plaintiff in a number of class action law suits brought…
The D&O Diary
Bershad’s Plea Deal and What it May Mean
The agreement by now-former Milberg Weiss partner David Bershad to enter a guilty plea in connection with the government's investigation of the firm's alleged kickbacks to individual class plaintiffs represents…
The Contingency
Bershad Bails, Concedes Client Kickbacks, Molts Millions (Update)
Ex-Milberg Weiss managing partner David J. Bershad admitted involvement in paying kickbacks to individuals who agreed in return to serve as class representatives. Mr. Bershad will forfeit $7.75 million and…
White Collar Crime Prof Blog
Are Prosecutors Getting Ready to Go After Weiss and Lerach?
By Ellen Podgor
The Los Angeles Daily Journal is reporting that prosecutors offered a plea deal to leading class action attorneys Melvyn Weiss and William Lerach related to allegedly illegal kickbacks paid to…