Milberg Weiss, a law firm, said new charges were being brought against it and Melvyn Weiss , its co-founder, in a federal investigation into alleged kickbacks paid to plaintiffs in securities class-action lawsuits.

ECONOMIST: Business this week

Type securities fraud class action into the popular AltaVista search engine and the third item on the screen is the Web site address for Milberg, Weiss, the law firm of strike-suit king William Lerach.

FORBES: Lawsuit.com

After his clerkship, he worked at the law firm of Paul Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton, and Garrison.

FORBES: Related Links

Or because partners in the leading plaintiff law firm, Milberg Weiss, were too busy dealing with their own legal problems to file suits?

FORBES

"To list, you have to get approval from a state listing committee, " says Jia Yan, a China specialist with the Wall Street law firm Paul, Weiss.

FORBES: Chinese Capitalism Gets a Face

The indexes are managed by Case Shiller Weiss, a Cambridge, Mass. consultancy cofounded by Yale law professor Robert Shiller.

FORBES: Protect Your Home

One law firm has already opened an investigation as to whether the Weiss family and the Board of Directors of AM are breaching their fiduciary duties by not engaging in a full and fair independent auction to ensure that shareholders will receive the highest price possible for their shares.

FORBES: A Buyout in the Cards for American Greetings?