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ABA White Collar Crime Conference – Luncheon Speaker
The luncheon speaker was not Attorney General Holder, as had been planned. Filling in for him was Deputy Attorney General James Cole. DAG Cole noted the high level of justice department experience at the top of the office. He said that what is different today from in the past is terrorism. He noted that a lot of resources
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ABA White Collar Crime Conference – Lessons Learned From Recent Trials
The opening panel of this morning discussed some recent white collar cases: Karatz (alleged options backing); WebMD (alleged financial statement fraud), and Petters (alleged Ponzi scheme). Ronald J. Nessim was listed as moderating this panel, but Vince Marella filled in for him. Particularly interesting were the remarks of John Lauro, who talked about how a
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Opening Session – ABA White Collar Crime Conference – Back to Basics
The opening session titled, Fundamentals of White Collar Investigations, had each panelist providing some pointers on the white collar criminal practice. Moderating was Jodi L. Avergun. The first speaker, Hon. Melinda Haag – US Attorney in San Francisco, opened by telling what folks who are newer to the practice do that irritate them – in other words their pet peeves:
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In the News & Around the Blogosphere
Jenna Greene, Former Goldman Sachs Director Accused of Insider Trading NYU Press Release, SIGTARP Neil Barofsky ('95) will join NYU Law as a Senior Fellow at the Center and at the Jacobsen Program in Law and Business. FBI Press Release, Former Société Générale Trader Sentenced in Manhattan Federal Court to 36 Months in Prison for
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Who Is A Foreign Official For Purposes of the FCPA?
This seems to be a hot issue these days. First in the case of United States v. Carson (see discussion of Mike Koehler here) and now in the Lindsay case (see here for prior discussion of this case). The question in the Lindsay case is whether the FCPA applies to state-owned entities. See Motion – Download 600740499_Motion to Dismiss the
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First Indictment Returned In Upper Big Branch Mine Investigation
The government has unsealed the Hughie Elbert Stover Indictment in the Southern District of West Virginia. Stover is charged with one count of 18 U.S.C.Section 1001 false statements and one count of 18 U.S.C. Section 1519 concealment, mutilation, and destruction of records and documents. This is the first indictment coming out of the government's investigation of the
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In the News & Around the Blogosphere
Azam Ahmed, Dealbook, NYTimes, Galleon Whistle-Blower Agrees to Testify Mike Koehler, FCPA Professor, "Foreign Official" First Mike Scarcella, BLT Blog, DOJ Urges Judge to Void Bloch's Guilty Plea NJ.com AP, Several defendants in massive N.J. corruption sting could see their charges dropped Michael Tarm, AP. law.com, Blagojevich to Face Fewer Charges at April Retrial DOJ
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Government Fighting the Filing of Amici Briefs
Anthony J. Franze & R. Stanton Jones (Arnold & Porter LLP) have a wonderful article in Bloomberg Law Reports titled, With Friends Like These: The Troubling Implications of the Government's Recent Effort to Block Amicus Curiae Briefs in a Controversial White Collar Criminal Appeal. Amici briefs serve an important function and courts often rely on
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Getting Ready for Prison
Check out this story by Lisa Black in the Chicago Tribune titled – Ex Cons Offer Prison Primers for soon-to-be incarcerated execs (esp)(w/ a hat tip to Professor Bob Batey)
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Brain Differences In White Collar Criminals?
Do white collar criminals have brains that are "structurally different from the brains of non-criminals with similar backgrounds?" See Steve Connor, The Independent, Study links brain and white-collar crime (esp)
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