Word: burnham
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...addition, the judge ordered prosecuting attorney Margaret Burnham to clarify and refile her clients' remaining three claims within 30 days...
...three remaining claims, which defense attorney Burnham must now refile, two are pursuant to the U.S. Civil Rights Act, and one to the state Civil Rights...
After a year of seemingly endless legal trauma for Drexel Burnham Lambert and Michael Milken, each got unexpectedly favorable news last week. Federal Judge Kimba Wood recommended that the former junk-bond king be eligible for parole after serving only 36 to 40 months of the 10-year sentence she imposed on him for securities violations. Wood based her decision on the financial damage done to investors and companies as a result of Milken's confessed misdeeds, which she calculated to be $318,000, less than a day's pay during Milken's highest-flying years and far less than...
Most Outrageous Bonus Just two months before declaring bankruptcy, the investment firm Drexel Burnham Lambert handed out $260 million in bonuses to its employees. Some reaped as much as $10 million. The total was more than twice what the company could have used at the last minute to avoid defaulting on its debts...
...financier pleaded guilty last April to six of 98 counts of securities violations and agreed to pay a record $600 million in fines and restitution. The defense tactic helped precipitate an unusual two-week presentencing hearing that showed Milken's operations at the now defunct Wall Street firm Drexel Burnham Lambert to have been riddled with unlawful activities. Significantly, the new testimony did nothing to refute the government's claim that Milken had encouraged Drexel employees under him to destroy or remove incriminating documents. Moreover, Liman's strategy precluded Wood from crediting Milken for any real remorse. Said Wood: "Your...