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Scholarship – New Book
Peter D. Hardy, BNA – CRIMINAL TAX, MONEY LAUNDERING & BANK SECRECY ACT LITIGATION – An analysis of the law and procedure relating to federal criminal cases handled by the IRS and DOJ, addressing the pragmatic and strategic challenges at every stage of litigation. (esp)
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New Blog – FAMM
Families Against Mandatory Minimums (FAMM), a nonpartisan, non-profit organization working for sentencing reform has launched a new blog – SentenceSpeak. FAMM has been in existence since 1991 and has become the country’s premier reform organization advocating for the elimination of harsh mandatory minimum sentences. Their mission is to ensure that all offenders – including those convicted
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New Scholarship – Articles
Sara Kropf, Andrew George, William C. Cleveland & Julie Rubenstein, The 'Chief' Problem With Reciprocal Discovery Under Rule 16, The Champion, Sept/Oct. 2010 Charlotte Simon, Ryan D. McConnell, & Jay Martin, Plan Now or Pay Later: The Role of Compliance in Criminal Cases (esp)
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Upcoming Conferences
25th ABA Annual National Institute of White Collar Crime – San Diego, California, March 2-4 here 20th Annual National Seminar on the Federal Sentencing Guidelines, Orlando, Florida, May 4-6 here ABA 2011 CJS Midyear Meeting – will be held February 11-12, 2011 in Atlanta, GA – here Friday, February 11, 2011, 4:00 p.m. – 5:30
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In the News & Around the Blogosphere
DOJ Press Release, Manhattan U.S. Attorney Announces Guilty Plea of Danielle Chiesi to Insider Trading Charges; Victor Li, Am Law Daily, law.com, Galleon Defendant Chiesi Pleads Guilty to Fraud Counts; Peter Lattman, Chiesi Pleads Guilty in Galleon Insider Case; Dominic Rushe, Guardian, Former Bear Stearns trader pleads guilty in insider trading case David Bario, NLJ,
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Siegelman & Scrushy – Post Skilling – Is 1346 Really Necessary?
The Skilling case proved consequential in the discussion before the the Eleventh Circuit in the Siegelman and Scrushy cases. Check out this story on the oral argument – John Schwartz, NYTimes, Judges Take Another Look at Ex-Alabama Governor’s Conviction Some may claim that it is cases like this that should influence Congress to re-examine section 1346. Perhaps
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Scholarship – Insider Trading
Oxford University Press recently published William K.S. Wang & Marc I. Steinberg “Insider Trading” (3d ed. 2010). An abstract can be found on SSRN here. (esp)
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Professional Misconduct Review Unit
Attorney General Eric Holder announced a new Professional Misconduct Review Unit (see press release) that will "handle disciplinary actions for career attorneys at the Department of Justice that arise from Office of Professional Responsibility (OPR) investigations." The new chief of this unit is Kevin Ohlson. The press release states that "[t]he Professional Misconduct Review Unit
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What is Bribery in a Post-Skilling World?
The Paul Minor case (see here) may flesh out some of the questions left unresolved by the Court ruling inSkilling. Across the country we are seeing cases being reexamined to determine whether the conduct, indictment, jury instructions, and trial focused on "bribery or kickbacks" – the one permissible activity for "honest services" in the fraud statute
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Aggressive Environmental Crime Enforcement Expected for 2011
Guest Blog – Michael L. Volkov – Mayer.Brown The Obama Administration was expected to increase environmental crime enforcement as part of its overall commitment to environmental justice. For the first two years, the record has been mixed and the expected increase against corporate defendants never materialized. That may soon change. FY 2010 saw an increase
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