Raids launched as part of  a holiday-season “Operation Chimney Sweep” represent the largest seizure of counterfeit goods in Los Angeles history, the L.A. Anti-Piracy Task Force announced Wednesday.

Police arrested 10 and seized $4.06 million worth of counterfeit goods, using dozens of officers and investigators under the leadership of the task force.

Law enforcement officials did not disclose who was arrested or what charges would be filed. 

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He may be behind bars, but Ken Starr isn’t out of trouble – at least not with Jim Wiatt.

The former William Morris CEO and his wife Elizabeth filed a multimillion dollar lawsuit Monday in New Jersey against the law firm Winston & Strawn LLP and its former partner, Jonathan S. Bristol, for malpractice and involvement with the Ken Starr Ponzi scheme.

Starr is included as a defendant in the lawsuit. The couple, who say in the suit that they were referred to Starr by Bristol, are seeking punitive and compensatory damages.

"There's no specific number we're seeking,” the Wiatt’s lawyer David...

One of the four groups of lenders offering financing to end the Tribune Co.’s bankruptcy case abruptly withdrew its reorganization plan on Wednesday.

"Was there a secret deal? There was none," Evan Flaschen, an attorney representing the retreating group, told the Delaware Bankruptcy Court on Wednesday, according to Reuters, adding it "was not the best focus of our resources."

The unilateral withdrawal of the group -- which was made up of 14 hedge funds, including GreyWolf Capital Management and billionaire George Soros' Soros Fund Management -- means creditors are left with three plans when they vote.

That vote could happen as soon as next week, though an attorney for the Tribune Company told the court that it might be delayed so documents can be amended.

Tribune Company creditors have filed suit against Timothy P. Knight, the former publisher of Long Island’s Newsday newspaper, in an attempt to recover payments he received from Tribune Co. before it filed for bankruptcy.

According to a Bloomberg report, the committee of unsecured investors that filed the suit is seeing to recoup $7.4 million.

It’s just the latest in a string of lawsuits filed against current and former Tribune Co. executives. Last week, the judge in the Tribune Co. bankruptcy case authorized creditors to recover payments made by the company.

At least 18 lawsuits have been filed so far, according to Bloomberg.

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