A longtime Maryland judge accused of illegally dumping unauthorized materials along the shoreline of his waterfront home, in an apparent effort to build up a storm-damaged beachfront, has entered into…
Brocade Communications Systems Inc. has agreed to pay $160 million to settle a class action over stock options backdating in the biggest such settlement so far in a series of…
Pioneering securities class-action lawyer Melvyn Weiss was sentenced today to 30 months in prison for his role in a scheme to pay kickbacks to clients.
The U.S. Supreme Court has ruled that transporting hidden money does not amount to the crime of money laundering, in one of two cases interpreting the statute decided today against…
A legal assistant testified Friday that a lawyer accused of misappropriating fen-phen settlement money told her to destroy legal documents showing how clients were paid.
Recent court filings concerning a tax evasion plea deal by billionaire Igor Olenicoff may cast a brighter light on similar efforts by less-wealthy individuals to evade U.S. income tax.
The former chief executive officer of Refco Inc. has held a series of “highly productive meetings” with plaintiffs lawyers suing the bankrupt brokerage firm and its advisers.
A federal probation office report is recommending that Melvyn Weiss be sentenced to a 33-month prison term on Monday for his admitted role in a secret payments scheme to class…
A former corporate partner in Baker & McKenzie’s New York office has been indicted for allegedly stealing $1.3 million from a client trust account. The money reportedly represents interest earned…
Authorities say more than 400 struggling California homeowners, many of them Spanish-speaking, were tricked into paying up to $10,000 for worthless “land grants” and other bogus measures claimed to provide…
The 63-year-old spouse of a former senior partner at a British law firm has been jailed, and her husband has lost his job over the nearly $160,000 she reportedly stole…
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