Legal Opinion
Michael Bregman v. Steven Perles
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided April 1, 2014No. 12-7091PublishedCited by 62 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KAREN LeCRAFT HENDERSON, Circuit Judge.
In 2008, Libya paid $111 million to the victims of the 1986 LaBelle discotheque bombing in Berlin in order to settle a lawsuit (the Beecham case) alleging Libya’s responsibility for the bombing. The victims’ lawyers — Steven Perles, Thomas Fay and Paul Schwarz — received nearly $36 million for their efforts. Appellant Michael Bregman, a retired federal agent who allegedly provided investigative and other services to the lawyers in the Beec-ham litigation, was paid nothing. Seeking his piece of the pie, Bregman sued the lawyers on October 26, 2011. The…
2Cases cited15 opinions
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