The Second Circuit Court of Appeals heard oral arguments on the KPMG related case (Stein).  Amir Efrati of the Wall Street Journal provides a detailed description of this hearing in an article titled KPMG Prosecutors Come Under Scrutiny.  For some of the background, briefs, and more see the entries in this index here and the government’s brief can be found here.

(esp)(w/ a hat tip to Bill Olis)