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: How Appealing"Leading Class-Action Lawyer Is Sentenced to Two Years in Kickback Scheme"
Josh Gerstein of The New York Sun reports today that "Lerach Sentenced to Two-Year Term."
The Los Angeles Times contains an article headlined "Two-year sentence for Lerach; The famed lawyer who admitted his role in a client kickback scheme says, 'I knew what I was doing was wrong.'"
The Washington Post reports that "Lerach Gets Two Years In Prison for Kickbacks; Prominent Plaintiff Lawyer Loses Appeals for Leniency."
law.com reports that "Contrite Lerach Gets Maximum Two-Year Term; Former securities class action king apologizes to firm, family and 'the legal system I've abused.'"
The Wall Street Journal contains an editorial entitled "Lerach Gets Two." And at WSJ.com, you can access Peter Lattman's interview via an item headlined "'I Was Guilty': Iconic plaintiffs lawyer William Lerach looks back on his past and considers what lies ahead."
Full post as published by How Appealing on February 12, 2008 (boomark / email).
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