Milberg Weiss is known for its shareholder suits. Now the 220-lawyer firm is considering a split. Is it money? Ego? Strategic differences?
Milberg Weiss bills itself as the largest contingent-fee plaintiff-side firm involved in securities suits, and it has negotiated well-known settlements for hundreds of millions of dollars with companies including Rite Aid, 3Com, MicroStrategy and Sunbeam. The 35-year-old firm currently represents the lead plaintiff in shareholder suits against Enron and Dynegy. Senior partners on both coasts […]