Shareholder lawyer Lerach pleads guilty
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William Lerach, a top U.S. class action attorney who won billions for Enron investors, pleaded guilty on Monday to criminal conspiracy and is expected to go to prison for his role in a kickback scheme at his former law firm, Milberg Weiss LLP.
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BetonSports pleaded guilty to racketeering charges and agreed to cooperate in a case against the companyâs founder and other defendants.
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John Edwards' presidential campaign has donated to charity $4,600 in contributions from William Lerach, a top fundraiser and a well-known trial lawyer who pleaded guilty this week to a federal conspiracy charge.
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The ex-general counsel at Monster Worldwide Inc.  pleaded guilty on Thursday to criminal charges related to stock options backdating, becoming the latest former U.S. executive ensnared in an options-related case.
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A former eye doctor in California pleaded guilty to accepting $6.1 million in secret kickbacks for serving as a lead plaintiff in securities lawsuits filed by Milberg Weiss.
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A senior vice president at Marsh &  McLennan Cos. MMC.N insurance broker on Thursday pleaded  guilty to criminal charges in connection with New York Attorney  General Eliot Spitzer's ongoing probe into fraud and  bid-rigging in the insurance industry.
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Business & money: Confectionery giant's lawyers says company intends to plead guilty to six counts of contravening food hygiene regulations.
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A former Enron assistant treasurer has pleaded guilty to criminal charges relating to the energy firm's collapse and agreed to co-operate with prosecutors.
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A former senior executive at Refco pleaded guilty on Wednesday to fraud charges for his role in the collapse of the futures and commodities broker.
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Thomas Hall, one of four former midlevel Qwest executives charged with fraud in a 2001 equipment sale, will plead guilty to a misdemeanor, his attorney, Jeffrey Springer, said Friday.
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An Iraqi-American pleads guilty to four charges connected to the UN oil-for-food scandal.
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William S. Lerach, a former law partner at Milberg Weiss, pleaded guilty to conspiracy for a role in pursuing companies with class-action lawsuits when their share prices dropped.
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Plaintiff lawyer William S. Lerach, who has brought scores of cases on behalf of defrauded shareholders, has told clients and others that he is leaving the California law firm he started three years ago, according to two people briefed on the issue.
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William Lerach, a former partner at a prestigious New York law firm, was sentenced Monday to two years in federal prison for his role in a lucrative kickback scheme involving class-action lawsuits against some of the nation's biggest corporations. Mr. Lerach, 61, was also sentenced to two years probation, fined $250,000 and ordered to complete 1,000 [...].
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Two executives at Zurich Financial Services AG, the third-biggest US commercial insurer, pleaded guilty to charges they helped rig bids to help an insurance broker give business to favored clients.
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WHITE PLAINS, Dec. 15  â A founder of the collapsed hedge fund the Bayou Group admitted Thursday in federal court that he had conspired to defraud investors of more than $10 million, federal prosecutors said.
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A former partner in Milberg Weiss & Bershad will plead guilty to helping to pay kickbacks in securities lawsuits.