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Two Milberg kickback defendants set to report to jail

By Jonathan Hayter

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Two defendants convicted in the criminal kickback case against Milberg LLP, former partner Steven Schulman and Howard J. Vogel, a former lead plaintiff represented by the New York firm, are scheduled to report to federal prison this week.

Both were sentenced as part of a lengthy investigation in which federal prosecutors alleged that Milberg and several of its current and former partners obtained $251 million in attorney fees by paying kickbacks to lead plaintiffs. The firm agreed to pay $75 million to settle charges last year.

Full story on NLJ.com.

Full post as published by Legal Pad | LA on January 12, 2009 (boomark / email).

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