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Law Blog - WSJ.com : Mel Weiss: "I Deeply Regret My Conduct"
The paperwork on Mel Weiss is pouring out. Click here for the government's statement; here for the plea agreement itself; and here for a release from Ben Brafman, Weiss's attorney. And see a statement from the Milberg firm below.

Law Blog - WSJ.com : Examining Mel Weiss's Life in Letters
It took us a while, but we've finally made our way through most, if not all of the letters Mel Weiss submitted last Friday along with his sentencing memorandum. Click here for a post on his filing from last Friday.

Law Blog - WSJ.com : Feds Want Mel Weiss to Serve 33 Months, Weiss ...
It's been quiet of late in the Milberg criminal case. But today prosecutors filed a sentencing memo, recommending that Mel Weiss, the former head of the firm, be sentenced to 33 months in prison. And Weiss today countered with his own ...

Law Blog - WSJ.com : Breaking News: Mel Weiss Gets 30 Months in Prison
The following was reported by the WSJ's Rhonda Rundle in Los Angeles and Nathan Koppel in New York. This just in: Melvyn Weiss, the plaintiffs' lawyer who pioneered a controversial and lucrative area of law suing corporations on behalf ...

Simple Justice: Humanizing Mel Weiss
Slater at WSJ Law Blog posts about the pre-sentence submissions for Mel Weiss, whose plea deal was nothing short of spectacular. I was going to steal Slater's title just to get back at him, but it sucked so I'm giving him a pass on this ...

Law Blog - WSJ.com : New York Plaintiffs' Lawyer Pleads to Felony
Joining the ranks of Bill Lerach, Mel Weiss, and Richard Scruggs, New York attorney Menachem Lifshitz has pleaded guilty to a crime ─a felony charge of falsifying his 2005 income tax return, the New York Law Journal reported today.

Law Blog - WSJ.com : Mel Weiss to Milberg: Show Me The Money!
Mel Weiss may be due to report to prison soon, but he's still fighting to share in Milberg's legal fees. Weiss in June was sentenced to 30 months in prison for his role in Milberg's scheme to pay kickbacks to clients.

Will $700 Million Finally Settle Decade-Old IPO Suit?
That suit is finally ready to settle, ending a saga that saw the lead plaintiffs lawyer, Mel Weiss, convicted and imprisoned and the original plaintiffs class decertified in 2006. We know a settlement is likely because Joel Haims, ...

Livni Rocks the Vote, Just Barely
And if you're not, can you change that, um, immediately? And while we're working on rocking the vote over here—the best of luck to you, Tzipi Livni, in pulling together a coalition and getting on with the good work. –Mel Weiss.

The Am Law Litigation Daily: October 22, 2008
Their goal in the sentencing memo seems to be to distinguish Bershad from the other former Milberg attorneys who have pled guilty in the kickback scheme--Steven Schulman, Mel Weiss, and Bill Lerach. It was Bershad's cooperation, ...