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Article: INFORMATION ISSUED BY U.S. ATTORNEY'S OFFICE FOR THE CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA SEPT. 20: FORMER NAME PARTNER IN MILBERG WEISS STEVEN SCHULMAN AGREES TO PLEAD GUILTY TO FEDERAL RACKETEERING OFFENSE, ADMIT ROLE IN PAID PLAINTIFF KICKBACK SCHEME
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- US Fed News Service, Including US State News
- Article date:
- September 20, 2007
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The U.S. Department of Justice's U.S. Attorney's office for the Central District of California issued the following press release:
Steven G. Schulman, a former name partner in the law firm now known as Milberg Weiss, has agreed to plead guilty to a federal racketeering charge and acknowledge that he and others conspired to conceal from judges in federal courts Milberg Weiss' secret payment arrangements with named plaintiffs in class-action lawsuits.
Schulman, a 56-year-old resident of New York City, was charged in a criminal information filed this afternoon in United States District Court in Los Angeles. The one-count information charges Schulman with participating in a racketeering ...