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Criminal

Jun. 29, 2007

Lerach, Weiss Reject Plea Deal, Sources Say

LOS ANGELES - Plaintiffs' lawyers Melvyn I. Weiss and William S. Lerach have rejected an offer to plead guilty to criminal charges that would have required the men to serve prison sentences of three to four years.

By Gabe Friedman
Daily Journal Staff Writer

      LOS ANGELES - Plaintiffs' lawyers Melvyn I. Weiss and William S. Lerach have rejected an offer to plead guilty to criminal charges that would have required the men to serve prison sentences of three to four years.
      Lerach and Weiss have not been publicly charged, but the New York securities class-action firm they founded was indicted last ...

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