Talk:William Lerach

Poop article

While well sourced and cited, this unorganized mess is unusable as an academic resource due to its wholly incomprehensible nature. This needs to be written. Not re-written; written. --184.77.222.27 (talk) 15:16, 4 July 2011 (UTC)

Every salient fact is well-resourced. If anyone wishes to cite statements or facts from this piece, they are all there. It should be read and digested in toto. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.107.98.193 (talk) 20:19, 15 December 2012 (UTC)

Lerach

I was on the ABA and NYSBA house of delegates, and I've never heard of this guy. Bearian 00:41, 18 May 2007 (UTC)

He's been profiled in the New Yorker and Fortune, and the PSLRA was passed in response to his shenanigans. WP:N is objective, not subjective. The article needed a POV cleanup so that it wasn't an advertisement, but he's notable. (Disclosure: I've written about Lerach, also[1], and testified about his law firm before Congress.[2]) THF 02:37, 18 May 2007 (UTC)

It still needs cleanup and some other sources. Bearian 01:27, 22 May 2007 (UTC)

It doesn't need cleanup; it needs de-stubbing. There are plenty of sources; these two sites (for which I write) have compiled dozens of mainstream-press articles on Lerach.[3][4]. THF 08:49, 22 May 2007 (UTC)

Bearian, I don't believe that you've never heard of this guy. I'm not a lawyer and I know exactly who this guy is. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.129.131.246 (talk) 05:47, 31 May 2009 (UTC)

Bearian; your ignorance is not the yardstick of notoriety. --184.77.222.27 (talk) 15:18, 4 July 2011 (UTC)

No it isn't, Congress' ignorance is... SChalice 18:16, 4 December 2013 (UTC)

Meyerson article

If we're going to include Harold Meyerson's one-sided lionization of Lerach, which gets numerous facts wrong, is there any objection if we also include criticism of Lerach's role in the same case per NPOV? Reprint of 31 May Wall Street Journal op-ed. THF 11:10, 2 June 2007 (UTC)

Four (Fortune, law.com, NYT, L.A. Times) of the other five references do balance the Meyerson article, which Khoo added solely to make Lerach look good. The only hook I could find to hang it on was as a citation for counsel, which is obvious from other citations. It's clearly not needed. — Athaenara ✉ 00:05, 3 June 2007 (UTC)

Well, no, those other articles are about the indictment for stealing clients' money, not criticism of how the lawsuits Lerach brings are bad for the investors he purports to represent. THF 13:08, 3 June 2007 (UTC)

Lerach Article

NPOV dispute: This article screams of one-sidedness. While William Lerach was struck down by the double-edged sword which he used to slay many giants, it might be mentioned that he did win a lot of money for a lot of small-time shareholders. Additionally, he sat on the boards of the the U.S. Holocaust Museum and the Clinton Library. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 42WallabyWay (talk • contribs) 13:31, 29 November 2008 (UTC)

I don't think this article has any one-sidedness to it. The thing is, Lerach wasn't entitled to those monies. He got to be lead plaintiff lawyer because he was bribing a stable of bogus in-house clients. Those lawsuits would probably have been filed anyway, but by other plaintiffs' counsel. Basically, Lerach stole his fees from other plaintiffs' lawyers. I think if you talk to other plaintiffs' lawyers who were NOT paying bribes, you will find that they do not have very good things to say about Mr Lerach because he pocketed money that would have been spread around to other attorneys. It's not just bribery - it's theft. I might not have so much of a problem with what he did if he had divided up the legal fees amongst other lawfirms, but he didn't do that. He was doing what he was doing because he had figured out that he could line his pockets by doing so, at the expense of other plaintiffs' counsel. And, of course, once he found out that the gov't was on to him, he blatantly continued the practice - that's why the gov't went after him. Maybe the two above points should be incorporated into this article/bio on William Lerach??? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.129.131.246 (talk) 20:31, 30 May 2009 (UTC)

Plantiff's cases were exactly that. Lerach got all the money!!! SChalice 18:13, 4 December 2013 (UTC)

NPOV dispute: Also, nothing has been mentioned about Lerach spearheading the largest-ever class-action securities recovery, Enron. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 121.210.90.2 (talk) 08:21, 4 October 2009 (UTC)

There should be a reference to the new book by Patrick Dillon and Carl M. Cannon. (press release) --Christofurio (talk) 14:22, 21 February 2010 (UTC)

removing POV tag with no active discussion per Template:POV

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