双语新闻:华尔街的三个宿敌倒台了

http://www.sina.com.cn 2008年03月19日 09:57   钱江晚报

  In just over a month, corporate America has seen the downfall of three of its most vilified legal opponents.

  Bill Lerach, the former securities class action king, was sentenced to two years in prison on February 12; Eliot Spitzer, the one-time scourge of Wall Street, announced his resignation as New York's governor on March 12; and Richard Scruggs, the master of giant tobacco and asbestos cases, pleaded guilty today to one federal count of "conspiracy to corruptly influence a state circuit court judge." He faces up to five years in federal prison.

  Spitzer's tumble was the most dramatic. After all,Spitzer had graduated from his role as prosecutor.

  仅仅一个月时间,美国公司见到了3个最遭唾弃的法律上的对手倒台了。

  2月12日,前

证券界的行动大王比尔·勒拉什被判两年监禁;一度被华尔街视为瘟神的艾略特·斯皮策3月12日宣布辞去纽约州州长的职务;烟草和石棉大案的主角理查德·斯克鲁格斯今天对一个联邦法院承认犯有“阴谋对一名州巡回法院的法官施加腐败性影响的罪行。”他面临最多在联邦监狱服刑5年的刑期。

  斯皮策的倒台最富戏剧性。毕竟,斯皮策的检察官职位使他受益匪浅。

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