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Petters Guilty
Steve Karnowski, law.com (AP), Jury Finds Minn. Businessman Petters Guilty in $3.5 Billion Ponzi Scheme; Steve Karnowki, StarTribune (AP), Petters defense team plans appeal It will be interesting to see if the sentences given to Petters is vastly different from those individuals who plead guilty and cooperated. (esp)
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In the News & Around the Blogosphere
Houston Chronicle (AP),Lawyers wind down Enron shareholder lawsuit (w/ a hat tip to Bill Olis) Mike Scarcella & David Ingram, National LJ, Deputy AG Ogden to Resign, Effective in February David Ingram, BLT Blog, law.com, DOJ Official Headed to White House Post (esp)
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Site for Anti-Bribery Information
Interesting site – TRACE Compendium that catalogs Anti-Bribery Compliance Worldwide. See here (esp)
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In the News & Around the Blogosphere
DOJ Press Release, North Carolina Poultry Processing Plant and Manager Indicted for Violations of Clean Water Act Colin Moynihan. NYTimes, Contractor Draws a 3-Month Term for Bribery Chad Bray, NYTimes, Madoff Investor's $10 Million Case Is Tossed Susan Beck, law.com, SEC: $2 Billion Paid to Injured Investors Law.com (AP), Supreme Court Again Denies Request by Former
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Upcoming Conferences
ABA Criminal Tax Fraud – December 3-4, San Francisco here Crime & Punishment – Charleston Law Review & The Riley Institute – February 18-19 – Download RIL09 CSOL Save the Date 24th ABA Annual National Institute on White Collar Crime – February 24-26 (Miami Beach) here American Conference Institute, Securities Regulation & Enforcement – March 2010,
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Top Criminal Law Blogs
Attorney.org lists their top criminal law blogs here (esp)
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White Collar Sentencing – In China
How much time is appropriate for a white collar criminal? What if the crime results in death to individuals? Is it no longer a white collar crime? In China it can mean a death sentence. See Sharon LaFraniere, NYTimes, 2 Executed in China for Selling Tainted Milk (esp)
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In the News & Around the Blogosphere
Lynnley Browning, NYTimes, Ex-UBS Banker Seeks Billions for Blowing Whistle Robert K. Gordon, The Birmingham News, U.S. attorney in Alabama's northern district: Lighter sentences send wrong message (w/ a hat tip to Ted Gest) Mary Williams Walsh & Michael J. de la Merced, NYTimes, Greenberg and A.I.G. Settle Legal Disputes function getSharePasskey() { return 'ex=1416978000&en=9715591237606c5f&ei=5124';} Michael
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Happy Thanksgiving
Wishing everyone a Happy Thanksgiving. A special Happy Thanksgiving to Jamie Olis, who will now be able to spend Thanksgiving at home with his family. And a special Thanksgiving to Ben Kuehne and his incredible legal team (see here). And yes, a special Thanksgiving to AG Eric Holder and the new DOJ, for moving DOJ
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Happy Thanksgiving – Ben Kuehne
The government dismissed Ben Kuehne's case today. For background on this case see here, here, and here. Congratulations to Attorney Ben Kuehne and to his counsel Jane Moscowitz and John Nields. The Government's motion states in part: "This motion is based upon the totality of the circumstances surrounding this matter, including the changed circumstances occasioned by the
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