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Law Practice

Oct. 29, 2008

Two Lawyers Get Six-Month Terms in Kickback Scheme

Web Exclusive - A federal judge on Monday handed identical six-month prison sentences to the last two class action lawyers implicated in the infamous Milberg Weiss kickback scheme.

WEB EXCLUSIVE

By Gabe Friedman

Daily Journal Staff Writer

LOS ANGELES - A federal judge Monday handed identical six-month prison sentences to the last two class-action lawyers implicated in the infamous Milberg Weiss kickback scheme.

The two separate hearings offered a study in contrasts, though.

In the morning, lawyers for David J. Bershad launched an energetic defense of their client&...

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