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Section Eighteen: Lawsuits Settled, Lawsuits Filed

underbond wrote 1 year ago: So Byrne et al got what they wanted, and yet look what’s happened to the markets.  Not saying … more →

Tags: Deep Capture, SEC, David Rocker

Robin Hood as a Lawyer's Role Model1 comment

Paul Karlsgodt wrote 1 year ago: AP writer Greg Risling reported today on the sentencing of former Milberg Weiss partners Steven Schu … more →

Tags: Class Action News, Commentary, legal ethics, William Lerach, class action scandal, kickback scandal, securities class action, fee splitting, steven schulman

Bill Proposed to Address Perceived Problem of Systemic Class Action Abuse3 comments

Paul Karlsgodt wrote 1 year ago: According to an AP story published today, Texas Senator John Cornyn has introduced a bill “aim … more →

Tags: Class Action Trends, Class Action News, Class Action Legislation, class action reform, Bill Lerach, Lawsuit Abuse, lodestar

Law firm bought 'stolen' Coke docs, official says1 comment

rparloff wrote 1 year ago: Yesterday a special master in a federal shareholders class-action suit against The Coca-Cola Company … more →

Tags: Bill Lerach, Class Actions, Coca-Cola, legal pad, Lerach Coughlin

Law firm bought 'stolen' Coke docs, official says1 comment

rparloff wrote 1 year ago: Yesterday a special master in a federal shareholders class-action suit against The Coca-Cola Company … more →

Tags: Bill Lerach, Class Actions, Coca-Cola, legal pad, Lerach Coughlin

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 →

Tags: Bill Lerach, Class Actions, legal pad, Lerach Coughlin, Melvyn Weiss

Elkind: Mel Weiss is sinking his firm12 comments

rparloff wrote 2 years ago: [This is a guest column by my colleague, Fortune editor-at-large Peter Elkind. Back in the September … more →

Tags: Bill Lerach, Class Actions, legal pad, Lerach Coughlin, Melvyn Weiss

Next Milberg Weiss dominoes: Mel Weiss to be indicted tomorrow2 comments

rparloff wrote 2 years ago: My colleague, Fortune editor at large Peter Elkind, has published a piece here reporting the next do … more →

Tags: Bill Lerach, Class Actions, legal pad, Lerach Coughlin, Melvyn Weiss

Civil suit against Milberg Weiss is score-settling5 comments

rparloff wrote 2 years ago: “We hate them,” says class-action lawyer Russel “Cap” Beatie, Jr., referring … more →

Tags: Class Actions, legal pad

The attorney and the sex club100 comments

rparloff wrote 2 years ago: A gay S&M sex club, closed down in November by New York City health authorities for allegedly co … more →

Tags: legal pad

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 →

Tags: Bill Lerach, legal pad, Lerach Coughlin

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 →

Tags: Bill Lerach, legal pad, Lerach Coughlin

Only Mel Weiss can save Milberg Weiss now10 comments

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 →

Tags: legal pad, Bill Lerach, Class Actions, Lerach Coughlin

Only Mel Weiss can save Milberg Weiss now10 comments

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 →

Tags: Bill Lerach, Class Actions, legal pad, Lerach Coughlin

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 →

Tags: Barclays, Bill Lerach, Class Actions, Credit Suisse, enron, legal pad, Lerach Coughlin, Merrill Lynch

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 →

Tags: Bill Lerach, Class Actions, legal pad, Lerach Coughlin

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 →

Tags: Bill Lerach, Class Actions, legal pad, Lerach Coughlin, Motorola

Lerach firm ejected as lead counsel in fallout from Milberg Weiss indictment1 comment

rparloff wrote 2 years ago: On Monday a judge ordered the removal of the nation’s most prominent class action lawyer … more →

Tags: legal pad, Bill Lerach, Class Actions, Halliburton

Puzzle: Can you find the loophole in Bill Lerach’s sworn statement?

rparloff wrote 2 years ago: This post feels like it needs to start with an epigram, but I’m torn between two candidates. O … more →

Tags: legal pad, Bill Lerach, Class Actions, Halliburton


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