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Welcome Guest Blogger Solomon L. Wisenberg
I am pleased to announce that Solomon L. Wisenberg of Barnes & Thornburg LLP will be joining me for the next couple of weeks as a guest, blogging at the white collar crime prof blog. You can read more about his extensive background here. (esp)
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The SEC’s Stat Scam
GUEST BLOGGER-SOLOMON L. WISENBERG Zachary Goldfarb has an interesting story in today's Washington Post about past turmoil and alleged retaliation in the SEC's Fort Worth District Office. The story highlights the difficulties facing the new SEC regime as it tries to kick-start an agency that rather miserably failed to spot the Madoff and Stanford frauds. You may recall the name of Julie Preuitt.
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In the News & Around the Blogosphere
Amanda Bronstad, NLJ, Dueling pleading argue for and against leniency in bribery case Carrie Levine, BLT Blog, Halliburton Amends Disclosure Reports John Pacenti, Daily Business Review, law.com, Rothstein's Cars, Boats Fetch $5.8 Million at Government Auction Reuters, NYTimes, A Fine of Millions for a Fugitive Ex-Trader Amir Efrati, WSJ, Stanford Defense Turns Into Legal Circus –
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In the News & Around the Blogosphere
Helene Cooper & Peter Baker, NYTimes,U.S. Opens Criminal Inquiry Into Oil Spill;DOJ Press Release, Attorney General Eric Holder on Gulf Oil Spill Catherine Whittenburg, Tampa Tribune, Ex-Florida GOP chairman Jim Greer charged with felony theft Sarah Randag, ABA Jrl Law News Now, Alleged Ponzi Schemer Tells Judge He Doesn’t Know How His Lawyers Have Billed
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Manhattan DA Issues Policy on Prosecution of Businesses & Organizations
The charging policy of the United States Attorney, when it comes to charging corporations, has been controversial in some past years (see here & here). But the U.S. Attorney's Office is not the only office with policy regarding the charging of entities. In an effort to "offer transparency and uniformity to the business community in understanding
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In the News & Around the Blogosphere
Stuart Pfeifer, LATimes, Prosecutors halt case against Broadcom co-founders Nathaniel Popper, LATimes,Wesley Snipes may be helped by former financial advisor's arrest Stuart Green, Opinion, Christian Science Monitor, Sestak, Clinton, and Obama: Was it a bribe? (esp)
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Conspiracy is Not Limitless
Many prosecutors think of conspiracy as limitless, since after all Judge Learned Hand referred to conspiracy as "that darling of the modern prosecutor's nursery." (Harrison v. U.S.). But it isn't and prosecutors in South Carolina found that out today when a court granted a defendant's Rule 29 Motion. The case has a long and tortured history
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Holder Memo – “Individualized Assessment”
AG Eric Holder issued a Memorandum on Department Policy on Charging and Sentencing that is different from former AG Ashcroft's Memo of 2003. It's a 2 1/2 page Memo with the term "individualized assessment" used four times, and "individualized justice" used one time. These terms tell the story of the Memo that moves policy from strict uniformity
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When the Law Is the Perp
Guest Blogger – Op Ed By Cynthia Hujar Orr, President, National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers (NACDL) With more than 20 years as an American criminal defense lawyer, I have witnessed the drafting and enforcement of innumerable federal criminal laws and regulations that patently fail to meet the basic requirements of fairness and justice. More
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The White Collar Associate
The Ohio State Journal of Criminal Law is hosting an amici blog of views from the field. Online is a piece by Jocelyn Kelly (Jones Day, Cleveland) that is titled, "Advocacy Before the Courtroom: The Life of an Associate in a White Collar Criminal Defense Practice." (esp)
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