Bloomberg Law
March 13, 2019, 11:44 AM UTC

Wake Up Call: Wiretap Used to Ensnare Willkie Co-Chair, Others, in College Entrance Bribery Case

  • Wiretaps were used as evidence to ensnare Willkie Farr & Gallagher Co-Chairman Gordon R. Caplan and others in the federal investigation that accused them of a criminal conspiracy to bribe college admissions officials to get their children into top universities. (New York Law Journal) (BN via BLAW) Caplan, a private equity attorney named “Dealmaker of the Year” by American Lawyer in 2018, allegedly obtained a phony disability certification to allow his daughter to get extra time on a college entrance exam, a report says. (Daily Beast)

  • The scandal means top lawyers at universities that ...

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