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November 5th, 2005 at 12:09 am

Update: John Torkelsen guilty plea

Josh Gerstein of the New York Sun has details (”Class-Action Expert Pleads Guilty”, Nov. 4). The plea agreement, on charges unrelated to his class-action expert witness testimony, “does not contain any language requiring Torkelsen to cooperate with the inquiry” into Milberg Weiss, reported earlier (see Oct. 10).

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Milberg Weiss probe, cont’d

L.A. Times and Law.com’s Recorder both bring word from inside the investigation (Myron Levin and Molly Selvin, “1995 Suit May Be Focus in Milberg Weiss Probe”, Los Angeles Times, Nov. 17; Justin Scheck, “Complexity Slows…

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