fraud

Weil Gotshal Associate Never Graduated, Never Passed Bar

Tipsters tell Above the Law that an associate at New York-based Weil, Gotshal & Manges has been fired for lying…

A former lawyer, who was disbarred in the 1980s taking client escrow funds, has been charged with defrauding investors of…

Two Pennsylvania judges have plead guilty to fraud charges, after taking $2.6 million in kickbacks in return for placing juvenile…

A law firm accountant was arrested on charges that he stole $1.6 million from his employer, according to the Pinellas…

The former business manager and secretary for Madison, Wisconsin lawyer Randall Skiles has been charged with embezzling at least $57,000…

Marc Dreier blew part of the $380 million he allegedly stole in failed investments, and used the rest to repay…

Steven J. Reisman, a partner in New York's Curtis, Mallet-Prevost, Colt & Mosle, has been appointed to investigate allegations that…

The Securities Investor Protection Corporation and the trustee handling the liquidation of Bernard L. Madoff Investment Securities LLC have mailed…

In more overbilling news, Wilmer Pickering Hale & Dorr has lost a bid to toss out a fraud claim in…

Toronto's Osgoode Hall Law School of York University will review admissions procedures, after The Toronto Star discovered a third-year student had…

A federal jury in Manhattan has convicted Raymond Ruble, a former partner at Brown & Wood, along with Robert Pfaff…

Today on Slate's Big Money blog -- a possible reason why suspicious Madoff investors may have kept their mouths shut:…