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Speech and Debate Clause Hampers DOJ
Boo hoo. The Washington Post has a good article here, by Jerry Markon and R. Jeffrey Smith, about the Constitution's Speech and Debate Clause, and the various ways in which it is hampering DOJ corruption probes. Unfortunately, the article implies that certain high-profile cases were dropped primarily or solely because of Speech and Debate. This unfairly
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In the News & Around the Blogosphere
Sue Reisinger, Corporate Counsel, law.com, Corporate Compliance and Criminal Cases: Plan Now or Pay Later Kaye Scholer LLP's White Collar Litigation & Internal Investigations Client Alert – Telecommunications Industry Giant Agrees to $132 Million Combined Settlement in FCPA Cases Rami Grunbaum, Seattle Times, Financial empire, luxurious lifestyle were built on a mirage (esp)
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Corruption in Florida?
At the end of this past year, the Statewide Grand Jury in Florida issued its first Interim Report – Statewide Grand Jury Makes Anti-Corruption Recommendations in First Interim Report. (Report is here) According to the press release issued at that time – "Key recommendations of the Statewide Grand Jury include: – Expanding the definition of public
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In the News & Around the Blogosphere
Andrew M. Harris, Bloomberg, Conrad Black Won't Be Retried on Honest Services Fraud Charges, U.S. Says Amy Forliti, Law.com, (AP), Federal Judge Adds Probation to $296 Million Guidant Plea Deal-Prosecutors are calling the deal the largest criminal penalty ever against a medical device company Jenna Greene, BLT Blog, SEC Reaches $119 Million Settlement with Charles
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Bill Black Sounds The Toscin: Whatever Happened To Prosecuting Real Fraud?
Okay, let me take off my white collar defense attorney hat and put on my former prosecutor hat for a minute. Call it my citizenship hat. Don't most of us want real, unadulterated big-time crooks to be investigated and, where appropriate, charged? Where are all the investigations and prosecutions of the accounting control fraud that
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In the News & Around the Blogosphere
Brad Heath & Kevin McCoy, Prosecutor misconduct lets convicted off easy Harvey Silverglate, Forbes, The Insider Trading Bread and Circus DOJ Press Release, Attorney General Appoints Gary G. Grindler Chief of Staff Sue Reisinger, Corporate Counsel, law.com, General Counsel Scramble After Spain Passes Sweeping New Criminal Code (hat tip to Ivan Dominguez) James Burdick, Ticklethewire, Column:
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James Cole Sworn in as New Deputy AG
The DOJ Press Release Reports – Cole first joined the department in 1979 as part of Attorney General’s Honors Program and served there for 13 years – first as a trial attorney in the Criminal Division, and later as the Deputy Chief of the Division's Public Integrity Section, the office that handles investigation and prosecution
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2010 White Collar Crime Awards
2010 White Collar Crime Awards Each year this blog has honored individuals and organizations for their work in the white collar crime arena by bestowing "The Collar" on those who deserve praise, scorn, acknowledgment, blessing, curse, or whatever else might be appropriate. I welcome comments from readers who would like to suggest additional categories or
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Mens Rea Under Section 1001: Judge Kavanaugh’s Concurrence in Moore
My colleague Ellen Podgor posted here about the Ninth Circuit's reversal of a securities fraud conviction on sufficiency grounds in United States v. Goyal, and specifically recommended Judge Alex Kozinski's concurrence. That concurrence led me to Judge Brett Kavanaugh's equally outstanding concurrence in United States v. Moore, 612 F.3d 698, 702-04 (D.C. Circuit 2010). Moore involved an expansive application of 18 U.S.C. Section
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Happy Holiday
Wishing everyone a healthy, happy, and peaceful holiday. (esp)
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