Class action attorney Melvyn Weiss to be indicted
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Federal prosecutors are expected to indict influential class-action lawyer Melvyn Weiss on Thursday as part of a long-running case charging his law firm paid plaintiffs in its multibillion-dollar lawsuits against corporations, Milberg Weiss said.
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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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The name of the woman who accused basketball ace Kobe Bryant of sexual assault will be made public in the civil lawsuit she is pressing against him, a federal judge has ruled.
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Conrad M. Black, the former head of Hollinger International, said yesterday that he planned to file a libel lawsuit against members of a company committee who accused him of taking more than $380 million in improper payments.
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Attorney Geoffrey Fieger, best known for representing assisted suicide advocate Jack Kevorkian, was indicted on charges of conspiring to make more than $125,000 in illegal contributions to the 2004 presidential campaign of Democrat John Edwards.
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A U.S. judge is expected on Monday to  rule on whether to certify as a class action a lawsuit that  accuses tobacco companies of defrauding smokers into thinking  "light" cigarettes were safer than regular brands, according to  notice sent to lawyers in the case.
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Justice Department officials in New York will announce criminal charges against Democratic fundraiser Norman Hsu today for allegedly orchestrating a $60 million fraud scheme and committing related federal campaign finance crimes.
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A former partner in Milberg Weiss & Bershad will plead guilty to helping to pay kickbacks in securities lawsuits.
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Justice Department officials in New York will announce a criminal indictment of Democratic fundraiser Norman Hsu today on charges he orchestrated a $60 million fraud scheme and committed related federal campaign finance crimes.
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New York state Attorney General Eliot Spitzer is preparing to file his second civil suit against an insurance broker, San Diego, Calif.
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Computer Associates International Inc., the software maker under investigation for a $2.2 billion accounting fraud, is scheduled to be arraigned in US criminal court today, and former
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The U.S. Justice Department is expected to seek indictments of up to four former BP Plc  traders as early as Thursday, the Wall Street Journal reported in its online edition on Wednesday.
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Former HealthSouth Corp. controller Hannibal Sonny Crumpler was indicted by a grand jury yesterday for fraud, US Attorney Alice Martin said.
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New York attorney general is ready to turn over high-profile cases to federal regulators: report. NEW YORK (CNN/Money) - Eliot Spitzer may be ready to turn in his badge.
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Richard Scrushy, founder and former CEO/chairman of health care giant HealthSouth Corp., has been charged with an additional 58-count indictment, adding to an indictment made against him in November 2003.
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Well-known U.S. shareholder lawyer William Lerach has agreed to plead guilty to a criminal conspiracy charge stemming from an alleged kickbacks scheme at his former law firm, Milberg Weiss LLP, the U.S. Attorney's office in Los Angeles said on Tuesday.
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New York Attorney General Eliot  Spitzer, who is probing bid-rigging in the insurance industry,  expects to file suit against health insurance consultant  Universal Life Resources as early as Friday, a spokesman for  his office said.