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Upcoming Conferences
Antitrust and Title 18: How the Antitrust Division Goes Beyond the ShermanAct to Enforce Its Mission - Friday, February 11, 2011, Atlanta, Georgia – 4:00 p.m. – 5:30 p.m. – M202, Marquis Level here The Third Annual National Institute on Internal Corporate Investigations and Forum for In-House Counsel, May 4-6, NY here 25th Annual National Institute on
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Jack Paul Leon: October 17, 1930–February 9, 2011
I am not qualified to judge the greatest criminal defense lawyer of all time. I have not had the privilege of seeing all the great ones at work. But I have seen quite a few, and can tell you that the greatest criminal defense lawyer I ever knew and saw in action was Jack Paul Leon of San
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In the News & Around the Blogosphere
DOJ Press Release, Maryland Man Convicted of Defrauding Cisco Systems Inc. Jenna Greene, BLT Blog, Four Hedge Fund Managers Charged in 'Matchmaking' Scheme; Christopher Drew, NYTimes, Ex-Dow Scientist Is Convicted of Selling Secrets in China (hat tip to Ivan Dominguez) Jack Townsend, Federal Tax Crimes, Sentencing Disparities (disucssing the Thorson case) David Gannaway, MarksPaneth & Shron
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Mark Hulkower – We Mourn His Passing
The White Collar Crime Blog mourns the passing of Mark Hulkower, who practiced white collar criminal law at Steptoe & Johnson. See Jeff Jeffrey, BLT Blog, Mark Hulkower, Defense Attorney for High-Profile Clients, Dies at 53; Steptoe & Johnson, In Loving Memory, Mark J. Hulkower (1957 – 2011). (esp)
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Post-Skilling Conviction Overturned on Corum Nobis
Finding no bribery or kickbacks, a U.S. District Court in the Eastern District of California set aside and vacated in its entirety an honest services mail fraud conviction. See here – Download Judicial Order The Motion to Vacate this Conviction was presented via a Motion of Coram Nobis - Download Corum Nobis Petition Some will obviously
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In the News & Around the Blogosphere
David Beasley, Bloomberg, Ex-HealthSouth CEO Scrushy Loses Appeal of $2.88 Billion Civil Judgment Robert Barnes, Wash Post, Recent decisions amount to a dressing down for 9th Circuit Artur Davis, MarketWatch, Court could redefine insider trading-Commentary: Vague laws invite overreaching Kyros & Pressley, LLP, SEC Whistleblower Blog, Five travel expense related FCPA violations Ann Woolner, Bloomberg,
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Outgoing Statewide Prosecutor William Shepherd Joins Holland & Knight’s White Collar Defense Team
A Press Release from the law firm of Holland & Knight reports that William Shepherd, who served seven years in the Office of the Attorney General of Florida, and was appointed in 2007 by former Attorney General Bill McCollum as Florida's Statewide Prosecutor has joined the offices of Holland & Knight as part of their white collar defense
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Indicting In – House Counsel
Mike Scarcella, BLT Blog, has an article about a sentencing of an in-house counsel - Former In-House Counsel of Buddy's Carpet Gets Prison for Tax Fraud. Will be see more of this with Dodd-Frank? The role of gatekeepers can be difficult as they serve a client internally, but also have a larger master in the government. (esp)
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In the News & Around the Blogosphere
D. Daniel Sokol, Antitrust & Competition Policy Blog, More Ian Norris – 3rd Circuit Appeals brief on whether outside counsel can serve as a "conduit" to the grand jury of a false statement Milton J. Valencia, Boston Globe, AG [Attorney General Martha Coakley] forms units to tackle public corruption, financial fraud -Timing is critical as DAs face
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Thank You – Two Million Readers
This week the blog's site meter hit 2 million. Thank you everyone for continuing to click onto the White Collar Crime Prof Blog. (esp)
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