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In the News & Around the Blogosphere
Brenda Sapino Jeffreys, Texas Lawyer, law.com, Judge Shoots Down Allen Stanford's Third Request for Pretrial Release Sheri Qualters, NLJ, law.com, Former Mass. Assistant AG Charged Over Solicitation of Investors for Ponzi Scheme AP, Washington Post, Ex-NJ lawmaker is convicted in corruption probe Terrie Morgan-Besecker, Timesleader.com, Powell tapes offer dilemma -Judge could toss out secret recordings Stephanie
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19th National Federal Sentencing Guidelines Conference – Opening Day
The opening panel of this conference was United States Sentencing Guidelines Developments and a View from the District Court Bench. Moderating this panel was Professor Frank Bowman. Judges Frederic Block (ED NY), Steven Merryday (MD Fl) and Robert Pratt (SD Iowa) offered their perspectives. Judge Pratt had some important advice for defense counsel – sentencing is fact
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In the News & Around the Blogosphere
DOJ Press Release, Chi Mei Executive Agrees to Plead Guilty and Serve Jail Time for Participating in Global LCD Price-Fixing Conspiracy Mark Hamblett, NYLJ, Mayer Brown Not Liable for Losses of Refco Investors, 2nd Circuit Decides DOJ Press Release,Los Angeles Medical Equipment Supplier Sentenced to 55 Months in Prison for Medicare Fraud Ben Schmitt, FreeP,
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In the News & Around the Blogosphere
Celeste Katz, NYDaily News, State Dems, GOP Go At It Over Bruno Sentencing David Ovalle, Miami Herald,Prosecutors overrule Miami Police on anti-corruption arrests Mike Scarcella, BLT Blog, DOJ, Defense Lawyers Spar Over Pace of FCPA Prosecution Shannon P. Duffy, law.com, Pa. Lawyer Gets 6 1/2 Years for Fraud Michael Alison Chandler, Washington Post, Former T.J.
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United Kingdom’s Bribery Act 2010
Guest Bloggers – Catherine L. Razzano, Margaret Ryznar (Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP) Following extensive efforts to reform its approach to bribery, the United Kingdom last month enacted new bribery legislation—the Bribery Act 2010. The Bribery Act replaces the common law offenses with two general bribery offenses, a specific offense for the bribery of foreign
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In the News & Around the Blogoshere
Timesleader.com, Local leaders urged to take firm pledge against ‘culture of corruption’ Commentary The Council of Presidents Joshua Gallu, Bloomberg, Goldman Sachs Loses Room to Maneuver After Public Testimony; Marcy Gordon, AP, law.com, Justice Department Opens Criminal Probe of Goldman Victor Godinez, Dallas Morning News,Summit in Dallas Targets Cybercrime Scott Sayare, NYTimes, France: Ex-Minister Convicted
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In the News & Around the Blogosphere
John Pacenti, Daily Business Review, law.com,Former Law Firm COO Charged in Alleged Money-Laundering Conspiracy Washington Post, Reuters, Indonesia launches special jail for the corrupt MercuryNews.com, AP,Not guilty pleas in SoCal political corruption Steven Cohen, Huffington Post, The Continued Corruption of New York's Politics CBC News, Quebec corruption probe nets 2 more arrests Pter Krouse, The
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Ted Olson Takes on Paul Minor’s Case
Former United States Solicitor General Theodore B. Olson will represent Mississippi attorney Paul Minor in his upcoming appeal to the Supreme Court of the United States. Olson, now with the law firm Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP, moved immediately into action with an extension of time application that provides clues as to the arguments that
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A Reasonable Sentence
There is growing support in the case of Sholom Rubashkin for the court not to follow the government's sentencing plan. After all, it is extreme for the government to want to give this first offender something like "three decades" or a life sentence - Mike Scarcella, BLT Blog, More Former AGs Question Sentence Sought in Bank Fraud Case Professor Alan M.
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Upcoming Conferences
ABA, Internal Corporate Investigations and Forum for In-House Counsel 2010, May 5-7, 2010 Washington, D.C. here 19th Annual National Seminar on the Federal Sentencing Guidelines (Tampa Bay Federal Bar & NACDL), May 12-14, St Petersburg, Florida – program – Download 100127 2010 guidelines book Society of Corporate Compliance and Ethics, Four-Day Intensive Training Course on
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