Blogs about: Bill Lerach
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Lerach doing harder time; plus beautiful lawyers
For people looking for distractions from the fact that their 401k’s have recently vanished, here are a couple odds and ends. Dan Levine at Cal Law’s Legal Pad (no affiliation to this site … more →
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Bill Proposed to Address Perceived Problem of Systemic Class Action Abuse
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Paul Karlsgodt wrote 1 year ago: According to an AP story published today, Texas Senator John Cornyn has introduced a bill “aim … more →
Law firm bought 'stolen' Coke docs, official says
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rparloff wrote 1 year ago: Yesterday a special master in a federal shareholders class-action suit against The Coca-Cola Company … more →
Law firm bought 'stolen' Coke docs, official says
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rparloff wrote 1 year ago: Yesterday a special master in a federal shareholders class-action suit against The Coca-Cola Company … more →
Bye Bye Bill
Cara Ellison wrote 1 year ago: William Lerach, the lawyer who helped recover $7.2 billion for Enron investors and whose “race … more →
Schulman sues Milberg Weiss for attorneys' fees
rparloff wrote 1 year ago: Steve Schulman, a former top Milberg Weiss partner who agreed to plead guilty to racketeering charge … more →
The kernel of truth in Lerach's ethics sermon
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rparloff wrote 2 years ago: In his 1,500 word sermon in Sunday’s Washington Post, shareholder class-action impresario Bill … more →
Pro-business forces confident after Supreme Court argument
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rparloff wrote 2 years ago: [UPDATE: I originally wrote this post on October 8, but am now updating it on October 9 after attend … more →
Elkind: Mel Weiss is sinking his firm
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rparloff wrote 2 years ago: [This is a guest column by my colleague, Fortune editor-at-large Peter Elkind. Back in the September … more →
Next Milberg Weiss dominoes: Mel Weiss to be indicted tomorrow
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rparloff wrote 2 years ago: My colleague, Fortune editor at large Peter Elkind, has published a piece here reporting the next do … more →
The EC's startling vindication of AMD's claims against Intel
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rparloff wrote 2 years ago: When the European Commission sent its broad “statement of objections” to Intel (INTC) on … more →
US says Milberg Weiss partner literally passed money "under the table"
rparloff wrote 2 years ago: In footnote 12 of a relatively obscure, 42-page legal memorandum filed by the government in the Milb … more →
US says Milberg Weiss partner literally passed money "under the table"
rparloff wrote 2 years ago: In footnote 12 of a relatively obscure, 42-page legal memorandum filed by the government in the Milb … more →
Only Mel Weiss can save Milberg Weiss now
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rparloff wrote 2 years ago: If Melvyn Weiss, 71, would just have the grace to resign now, there’s still a chance he could … more →
Only Mel Weiss can save Milberg Weiss now
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rparloff wrote 2 years ago: If Melvyn Weiss, 71, would just have the grace to resign now, there’s still a chance he could … more →
Defendant to plead guilty today in Milberg case
rparloff wrote 2 years ago: (This item is by Roger Parloff and Fortune Editor at Large Peter Elkind.) Defendant David J. Bershad … more →
Legal newspaper: Lerach and Weiss turned down plea agreement
rparloff wrote 2 years ago: The Los Angeles Daily Journal is reporting that Bill Lerach and Melvyn Weiss, the nation’s two … more →
Sausage factory II: lawyer presses Lerach for referral fee
rparloff wrote 2 years ago: [See update at end] After class action king Bill Lerach avowed in an affidavit last month that his … more →
Report: Class action king Bill Lerach to "retire"
rparloff wrote 2 years ago: [This posting is written jointly by Fortune editor at large Peter Elkind and senior editor Roger Par … more →
Top class action lawyer won case, never told clients, they say
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rparloff wrote 2 years ago: Warning: We are about to peek inside the class-action sausage factory; it’s not a sight for th … more →
