Prominent Lawyer to Be Indicted
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Melvyn I. Weiss is expected to be indicted on Thursday in connection with a scheme in which his firm is said to have paid kickbacks to people to serve as named plaintiffs in class-action lawsuits.
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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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A federal judge wants a prominent lawyer involved in a Hurricane Katrina insurance case charged with criminal contempt for what he said was circumventing his order to give up documents secretly copied by two whistleblowers.
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Russian prosecutors have brought  criminal charges against emigre tycoon Boris Berezovsky on  suspicion of plotting to seize power, his lawyer said on  Monday.
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William Lerach, a lawyer who won billions of dollars for shareholders suing corporations, will plead guilty to criminal conspiracy and go to prison for his involvement in a kickbacks scheme at his former law firm, Milberg Weiss LLP, federal prosecutors said on Tuesday.
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A New York stockbroker was indicted on  Thursday on securities fraud and other charges in connection  with New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer's probe into late  trading in mutual funds, Spitzer said.
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Russian prosecutors have brought criminal charges against emigre tycoon Boris Berezovsky on suspicion of plotting to seize power, his lawyer said on Monday.
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A prominent lawyer who challenged the security services' wiretapping of his client and then fled Russia is the focus of a criminal investigation opened Tuesday, news agencies reported.
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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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Indonesian prosecutors plan to file charges against detained cleric Abu Bakar Ba'asyir next week.
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Prosecutors charged a lawyer with attempted first-degree murder Monday in the shooting of a rival attorney who had sought a contempt citation against him.
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A London solicitor is charged with immigration offences.
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A prominent defense attorney was accused of destroying a computer containing child pornography that belonged to his client, a former church music director, according to an indictment unsealed Friday.
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US securities regulators are expected to file civil charges as early as today against Conrad Black, the former chairman and CEO of Hollinger International.
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The Oakland County prosecutor will announce Wednesday the charges from an investigation into a brawl at The Palace of Auburn Hills that captured the world&#39;s attention.
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Business & money: Flamboyant billionaire expected to take the stand in defence of embattled media mogul.
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LOS ANGELES -- Phil Spector&#39;s attorney said the music producer has been ordered to appear in court Monday -- a possible sign that the music mogul has been indicted by a grand jury for murder.