For a pair of former Deutsche Bank AG lawyers who nearly spent Christmas in jail in 2012, a ruling from a German court last month was at least partial — if belated — redemption.
A Frankfurt appeals court last month ruled that there wasn’t enough evidence for an arrest warrant to support prosecutors suspicions that the two in-house lawyers — Michael Schroeder and Peter Lindt — were conspiring to obstruct a probe into a carbon-emission tax scheme.
“I’m finally rehabilitated, but only after a long march through all court levels,” said Schroeder, 61, who fought the case on his own ...
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