Criminal
May 1, 2012
Prosecuting Edwards but not Lehman Brothers?
The government prosecutes tabloid-worthy cases while ignoring those with important, real implications.
Timothy D. Reuben
Reuben MediationTim Reuben spent more than 40 years handling complex legal disputes in California's state and federal courts. As the founder and managing partner of Reuben Raucher & Blum in Los Angeles, he has worked on a wide range of matters through jury and bench trials, arbitration, mediation, judicial reference, and settlement conferences across multiple areas of civil law, including commercial, real estate, construction, employment, intellectual property, insurance, professional liability, and unfair competition.
CBS aired a 60 Minutes segment on Sunday April 22 about Lehman Brothers and the report done by the Bankruptcy Examiner who found there are "colorable claims" of fraud. Anton Valukas, the Chicago lawyer appointed by the Bankruptcy Court to investigate the Lehman disaster, gave his first public interview on his efforts. The 15 minute segment is well worth watching and is easily accessible on the Web.
Valukas is a partner at Jenner & Block where he has focused on white collar ...
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