SEOUL, Jan 17 (Reuters): For years, legal troubles have cast a cloud over Samsung Electronics Vice Chairman Jay Y. Lee (pic) as he stood on the cusp of stepping out of his father's shadow and making a name for himself as the leader of the global tech giant.
On Monday (Jan 18), he faces sentencing on a bribery charge that could sideline him from the world's largest smartphone and memory chip maker just as it looks to overtake rivals in areas such as chip contract manufacturing and artificial intelligence (AI).
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