Martha Neil, ABA Journal, Law News Now, Top Alaska Court Allows Sarah Palin Probe to Proceed; Report Expected Tomorrow

Sue Reisinger (posted by Brian Zabcik Am Law Daily), Corporate Counsel,  Former Gen Re Lawyer Could Face Life in Prison

Kare11.com (AP), Petters ordered held; whistleblower identified (background – DOJ, Press Release, Thomas Petters arrested  (charges are mail fraud, wire fraud, money laundering, and obstruction of justice)); DOJ Press Release, Three Plead Guilty to Money Laundering, Mail Fraud in connection with Petters Company Fraud

(esp)

Washington Post, Grand Jury Indicts Alleged Palin Hacker  (charged under 18 U.S.C. 1030 – the computer fraud statute)

DOJ Press Release, Former Department of Defense Contractor Pleads Guilty to Participating in Scheme to Steal $39.6 Million Worth of Fuel from U.S. Army in Iraq

Robert G. Morvillo and Robert J. Anello, Calculating Loss Under the Guidelines (w/ a hat tip to Bil Olis)

David B. Caruso (AP). Law.com, Former UBS General Counsel Settles Insider Trading Rap

Lynne Marek, National Law Journal, law.com, Milberg Kickback Defendant Gets Three-Month Term

Mike Stanton & W. Zachary Malinowski, Projo.com, Split Verdict in Roger Williams Corruption Case

Carrie Johnson, Washington Post, Court Won’t Force Testimony On Firings of U.S. Attorneys -Issue Left to Next Congress In Victory for White House

Del Quintin Wilber, Washington Post, Jurors Hear Stevens Talk Of Possible Punishment – FBI Enlisted Benefactor And Taped Phone Calls

Mark Hamblett, N.Y. Law Journal,  Three Plead Guilty in Multimillion-Dollar Subprime Scheme

Opinion, Perverted Justice – Politics Drove Firing of U.S. Attorneys

Aaron Seigel, Investment News, Lehman’s Fuld roasted at House hearing

William "Billy" Wilkins, Former Chief Judge, joins Nexsen Pruet. He was "Ronald Reagan’s first selection to the federal bench in the nation and the former Chief Judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit." As a partner at Nexsen Pruet, "he will lead the firm’s White-Collar Crime, Appellate Advocacy, and Corporate Compliance/Crisis Management practice groups and actively participate in the firm’s Business Litigation Group. Judge Wilkins will be based in the firm’s Greenville, S.C., office."

Susan Craig, WSJ, Lawmakers Lay Into Lehman CEO -Fuld Testifies That He Didn’t Deceive Investors Ahead of Firm’s Bankruptcy Filing

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Del Quentin Wilber & Carol D. Leonnig, Washington Post, Judge Refuses to Dismiss Stevens’s Indictment or Declare Mistrial – Prosecutors Wait Until Last Minute to Disclose Potentially Exculpatory Material

Sheri Qualters, National Law Journal, Attorney Draws Five Years for Assorted Fraud Charges

Editorial, NYTimes, Investigating a Scandal

BLT Blog, Stevens Trial Adjourns Abruptly Amid Juror Issue

DOJ Press Release, Four Shipping Executives Agree to Plead Guilty to Conspiracy to Eliminate Competition and Raise Prices for Moving Freight to and from the Continental U.S. and Puerto Rico, Fifth Executive Agrees to Plead Guilty to Destroying Evidence

(esp) (From D.C. and Atlanta)

Carrie Johnson, Washington Post, No Grand Jury for Gonzales – Report to Call for Continued Probe of U.S. Attorneys’ Firings

Question- With all the these findings, why hasn’t there been the appointment of an independent counsel? How can you have someone internal to the department investigate allegations that relate directly to people who were employed in the department?

James Vicini, Reuters, FBI said to probe Fannie, Freddie, Lehman, AIG

DOJ Press Release, Las Vegas Personal Injury Lawyer Convicted of Tax Evasion

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Del Quentin Wilber, Washington Post, Attorney for Stevens Tells Jurors Alaska Senator ‘Is Honest,’ Did Not Lie

DOJ Press Release, New Jersey Hospital to Pay $3.85 Million to Resolve Allegations of Inflating Charges to Obtain Higher Medicare Reimbursement

Kroll Global Fraud Report, Annual Fraud Report 2008-09 here 

DOJ Press Release, Statement of Acting Assistant Attorney General Grace Chung Becker Regarding the Decision Not to Utilize Criminal Prosecutors as Monitors in Polling Places on Election Day

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Lebanon Daily News (AP),  Fed Court Won’t Delay Wecht Retrial for Appeal; Paula Reed Ward, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Appeals court refuses to issue stay in Wecht case

DOJ Press Release, Former Alcatel CIT Executive Sentenced for Paying $2.5 Million in Bribes to Senior Costa Rican Officials

Randall D. Eliason, Legal Times, We Need to Indict Them – Deferred Prosecution Agreements Won’t Deter Enough Corporate Crime (w/ a hat tip to Whitney Curtis)

DOJ Press Release, Foreign National Pleads Guilty to Conspiracy and Alien Smuggling Charges

Pamela A. MacClean, National Law Journal, Tax Attorney, Former Global Manager at Bechtel Group Indicted on Tax Charges

News Release, Rutgers, Book by Rutgers-Newark Professor Stuart P. Green Receives Award for Promoting Awareness of Impact of White-Collar Crime on Society

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Frank Reynolds, Andrews Publications, Ex-Exec Says Dynergy Is $600K Behind on Attorney Bill Payments

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

Heritage Foundation, Continuing the "Culture of Waiver" at DOJ

Mike Scarcella, The BLT- Blog of the Legal Times, DOJ Ordered to Post Williams & Connolly Exhibits Online, (pertaining to Senator Ted Stevens case)

John Curran, Law.com (AP), Vermont AG Candidate to Prosecute Bush If She Wins

Howard Bashman, How Appealing, Wecht Seeks to Appeal Case to U.S. Supreme Court (citing Jason Cato, Pittsburgh-Tribune Review)

Washington Post (AP), Charges Against Foley Said to Be Unlikely

(esp) (from Washington, D.C.)