The spectacular collapse of Dewey & LeBoeuf, the Manhattan law firm whose demise I chronicled in The New Yorker last year, has reached the criminal-indictment stage.
By James B. Stewart April 6, 2014 The spectacular collapse of Dewey & LeBoeuf, the Manhattan law firm whose demise I chronicled in The New Yorker last year, has reached the criminal-indictment stage.
A defiant Bernard B. Kerik, the former New York police commissioner, vowed yesterday to fight a 16-count federal indictment, setting the stage for legal proceedings that could cast a shadow over the presidential campaign of his friend and one-time mentor, former Mayor Rudolph W. Giuliani, deep into the 2008 election season.
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According to the indictment, UBS at one stage had customers signing a form which said: "I would like to avoid disclosure of my identity to the US IRS".
TUCSON, Ariz(Reuters) - Tucson shooting rampage suspect Jared Loughner pleaded not guilty Wednesday to an expanded, 49-count indictment that set the stage for prosecutors to decide whether to seek the death penalty.
The indictments mark the first stage of a continuing investigation into the scheme, which exploited a Russian love of dark-meat chicken, one of America's largest exports to that country, said Robert M. Morgenthau, the Manhattan district attorney.
But, with Mueller moving to the stage of indictments, the game of make-believe that Ryan and others in the Republican leadership are playing is likely to keep getting cruder.
According to the indictment, in the early stages of the scheme, which lasted from the 1970s through 2005, Milberg Weiss partners provided cash to pay the kickbacks since it is illegal for a plaintiff to receive any portion of the legal fees, which could be viewed as an incentive to settle rather than act in the best interest of the class.
Ghavami's lawyer, Mahmoud Alizadeh Tabatabaee, told the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran (ICHRI), an independent US-based rights group: "Unfortunately, I have not yet been allowed to visit with my client, and because she is still in the interrogation stage and no indictment has been issued, I don't know her exact charges.
