Leading class action litigator Bill Lerach leaves his firm amid a criminal probe that has surrounded him and his firm, Milberg Weiss, the powerhouse litigation operation he co-founded.
William Lerach, the high-profile plaintiffs’ securities lawyer who long has been a nemesis of corporate America, is retiring this week amid a criminal probe involving him. The move, long anticipated and confirmed by his law firm yesterday, comes as Mr. Lerach, 61 years old, has been a target of a federal investigation surrounding his former
