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End of Year Deal – UTStarcom on FCPA
DOJ Press Release, UTstarcom Inc. Agrees to Pay $1.5 Million Penalty for Acts of Foreign Bribery in China states: "UTStarcom Inc. (UTSI) has entered into an agreement with the Department of Justice, agreeing to pay a $1.5 million fine for violations of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) by providing travel and other things of value
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2010 – What Will We See
What's Coming this 2010? The New Year delivers a variety of interesting cases and issues in the white collar crime field, and many unresolved issues from last year. What can we expect to see (in no particular order): A decision regarding the status of "honest services" in the fraud statutes The aftermath of a decision on
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Recent Scholarship
Dan Hurson, Memo to Middle Management – Download MEMO TO MIDDLE MANAGEMENT Kevin E. Davis, Does the Globalization of Anti-Corruption Law Help Developing Countries? (SSRN – NYU Law and Economics Research Paper No. 09-52) Elizabeth R. Sheyn, Anything But a Racket: Why Professor Richard Epstein's Attack on the Nature and Function of Deferred and Non-Prosecution Agreements
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Upcoming Conferences
Texas Public Policy – 8th Annual Policy Orientation for the Texas Legislature, U of Texas (Austin), Jan. 14-15 - here ABA, 24th Annual National Institute on White Collar Crime, February 24-26, 2010, Miami Beach, Fl.- here ABA, Enforcement Trends in Securities and Commodities Actions 2010, Jan. 13, 2010, Washington, D.C.- here Securities Regulation & Enforcement, March 22-23, 2010,
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Blackwater Case Tossed – Commentary
On the last day of 2009, Hon. Ricardo M. Urbina issued a 90 page order that grants the defendants' Motion to Dismiss. The decision and a wonderful discussion of the case can be found in Del Quentin Wilber's, Washington Post article titled, Judge Dismisses All Charges in Blackwater Shooting. Although the alleged crime charged here
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2009 White Collar Crime Awards
2009 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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Holiday Plea
White Collar investigations can last for years, often with continued pressure upon the person being investigated. So seeing a holiday plea is no surprise – after all it brings a finality. See DOJ Press Release, Ohio Attorney Charged with Tax Fraud, Obstruction of Justice for Scheme to Hide Income and Assets Through Trusts and in
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Upcoming Conferences
ABA, 24th Annual National Institute on White Collar Crime, February 24-26, 2010, Miami Beach, Fl.- here ABA, Enforcement Trends in Securities and Commodities Actions 2010, Jan. 13, 2010, Washington, D.C.- here Securities Regulation & Enforcement, March 22-23, 2010, NYC - here (esp)
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Wishing Everyone A Happy Holiday
Wishing everyone a healthy, happy, and peaceful holiday. (esp)
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Another State Highlighting White Collar Crime
Federal prosecutions of white collar crime have been the norm for many years. And the New York Attorney General's Office under Spitzer and now Cuomo made it a part of their workload (see here). But recently we see more and more states are making white collar investigations a priority. We have seen it in Florida (see here) and Ohio
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