Author Kaye Gibbons pleads guilty
Best-selling author Kaye Gibbons has pleaded guilty to fraud charges after twice posing as a doctor to get prescription pain killers.
US class-action lawyer Melvyn Weiss, famed for suing large corporations on behalf of investors, will plead guilty in a criminal case contending his firm paid secret kickbacks to plaintiffs in lawsuits, his lawyer said on Thursday.