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Kickbacks
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White Collar Crime Prof Blog
PING: Rumblings of a Plea from Milberg WeissURL: http://lawprofessors.typepad.com/whitecollarcrime_blog/2007/06/rumblings_of_a_.htmlIP: 10.0.60.7BLOG NAME: White Collar Crime Prof BlogDATE: 06/02/2007 03:11:38 AMThere are indications that partners at Milberg Weiss are negotiating a plea deal with the government to put an end to the prosecution of the firm for making secret payments to named plaintiffs in class actions for which the firm
By Ellen Podgor
Two items in the news raise the question whether they are just a coincidence, or whether more is going on than meets the eye. A Wall Street Journal story (from…
Securities Law Prof Blog
Milberg Weiss Partner May Plead Guilty
Milberg Weiss & Bershad partner, David Bershad, is discussing with the government a settlement of the allegations involving kickbacks in class actions against him that could result in a guilty…
White Collar Crime Prof Blog
Former Serono Executives Acquitted of Kickback Charges
By Ellen Podgor
Four former executives of biotech pharmaceutical manufacturer Serono S.A. were acquitted on charges that they sought to bribe doctors to prescribe the company's leading medicine, Serostim, as part of a…
China Law Blog
Make More Money By Ending China Kickbacks
By Dan Harris
Would that it were so easy. Kickback schemes are rampant in China. If you have Chinese employees and you buy or sell product in China, there is a good chance…
White Collar Crime Prof Blog
Is the Government Padding Its Stats?
By Ellen Podgor
An earlier post (here) discusses the settlement between federal prosecutors and Schering-Plough related to Medicare and Medicaid fraud in the pricing of certain drugs produced by the company and possible…
White Collar Crime Prof Blog
Medtronic Pays $40 Million to Settle Kickback Allegations
By Ellen Podgor
Medical device maker Medtronic Inc. settled a civil action with the Department of Justice by agreeing to pay $40 million and entering into a corporate integrity agreement for alleged kickbacks…
White Collar Crime Prof Blog
Pleas for Two Former Kodak Employees
By Ellen Podgor
Two former employees of Kodak have now plead guilty in a kickback scheme. According to a Press Release here of the U.S. Attorneys Office of the Western District of New…
Real Lawyers Have Blogs
Milberg Weiss needs a blog now!
This week a federal grand jury indicted Milberg Weiss, a top class-action law firm for allegedly participating in a scheme that paid out more than $11 million in illegal kickbacks…
White Collar Crime Prof Blog
Is It Fraud or Dishonesty in the Milberg Weiss Prosecution
By Ellen Podgor
The indictment (here) of Milberg Weiss and two of its name partners, Steven Schulman and David Bershad, strikes me as involving a basic distinction in how the two sides will…
White Collar Crime Prof Blog
Adieu, Milberg Weiss?
By Ellen Podgor
The investigation of alleged kickbacks to representative plaintiffs in class actions looks like it will ensnare two name partners at Milberg Weiss and perhaps even the firm itself. While there…