Manafort Plea Delivers Yet Another Embarrassment for Skadden
- Law firm trained Ukrainian prosecutors who jailed Tymoshenko
- Before issuing report, firm privately undercut its findings
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A prominent U.S. law firm had a deeper role than previously known in helping a Ukrainian leader suppress his main political opponent, court filings revealed Friday.
The firm -- not identified in the filings but previously described as Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom -- produced a 2012 report that was used to justify the jailing of an opponent of Ukraine’s then pro-Russian president, Viktor Yanukovych.