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House Ethics Committee Accuses Representative Maxine Waters Of Violating Ethics Rules
No details on the specific allegations. The Wall Street Journal news alert is here. (slw)
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Past & Upcoming Seminars & Webcasts
Judgment Day: The Supreme Court Rule on Honest Services Fraud: Understanding the Outcome and its Ramifications – Audio Recording can be found here False Claims Act – Whistleblower Protection Blog states that on Friday, July 23, 2010, the National Whistleblower Center (NWC) hosted a seminar on the False Claims Act that included a special presentation
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Easterbrook To AUSA: Don’t Do That Again
Last week in United States v. McGee, Seventh Circuit Chief Judge Frank Easterbrook excoriated an unnamed federal prosecutor from the Eastern District of Wisconsin for presenting rank hearsay in the form of an agent's narrative summary. The defendant's extortion and bribery conviction was upheld under plain error analysis, but Easterbrook and the panel were clearly fed up
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Mail Fraud Prosecutions Continue Despite Skilling Decision – Univision Services, Inc. to Pay One Million
Many believed that there would be difficulty in bringing mail fraud cases if the Supreme Court removed honest services from the statute. The Supreme Court did not provide that relief by its decision in Skilling, but did limit honest services to bribery or kickbacks. But what often goes unnoticed, is that most mail fraud cases are
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In the News & Around the Blogosphere
Andrew M. Harris, Bloomberg, Blagojevich Tried to `Shake Down' Obama, Jury in Corruption Trial Is Told Brian T. Murray, Star-Ledger, Judge considers bail request for ex-Jersey City deputy mayor during corruption appeal Michael Pollick, HeraldTribune, Diamond found guilty in Ponzi scheme AP, San Francisco Examiner, Ex-Qwest CEO Seeks to MOve SEC Trial Out of Denver
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Alberto Gonzales Materials
Here is Assistant AG Ronald Weich's letter to House Judiciary Committee Chairman John Conyers explaining DOJ's declination in the matter of former Attorney General Alberto Gonzales and the firing of U.S. Attorney David Iglesias. And here is George Terwilliger's statement celebrating the declination. Terwilliger and Bob Bittman of White & Case represented Gonzales in the investigation. (slw)
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Dell Settles for $100 Million; Michael Dell & Others to Pay $4 Million
The SEC announced the civil charging and settlement with Dell Inc. premised on allegations that "Dell did not disclose to investors large exclusivity payments the company received from Intel Corporation to not use central processing units (CPUs) manufactured by Intel’s main rival." The SEC Press Release also alleges that "[a]fter Intel cut these payments, Dell again
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Dodd-Frank Criminal Provisions
Here are NACDL's updated materials on the new criminal provisions found in Dodd-Frank. Hat tip to NACDL's white-collar guru, Shana Regon. (slw)
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Talk About the Dodd-Frank Act
Check out Macia Coyle's article in the National LJ (law.com), Corporate Sector Sounds the Alarm Over Financial Reform's 'Bounty' System as it highlights whistleblower provisions in the forthcoming financial reform package. But one can also expect some new penalty provisions. NACDL has a list of some of the items that were included in drafts of the legislation
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Conrad Black Granted Bail
The Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals has granted bail to Conrad Black. Like Skilling, the Supreme Court vacated and remanded Black's case back to the Seventh Circuit in light of its holding that honest services applies only to schemes premised on bribery or kickbacks. The grant of bail is "pending the disposition of his appeal" in the appellate court. The Seventh Circuit
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