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In the News & Around the Blogosphere
Mike Scarcella, BLT Blog, Top DOJ Fraud Section Supervisors Planning to Leave Justice (esp)
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Federal Convictions Reversed
Alexander Bunin – Federal Defender – has just issued an updated edition of Federal Convictions Reversed. See here – Download Federal Convictions Reversed 10.2009 (esp)
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In the News & Around the Blogosphere
Mike Scarcella, Nat. L.J.,DOJ Witness in Stevens Case Sentenced to Prison ; DOJ Press Release, Bill Allen and Richard Smith, Former Officers of VECO Corporation, Sentenced for Roles in Alaska Public Corruption Scheme DOJ Press Release, West Suburban Man Charged with Defrauding 60 Investors of $28 Million in Alleged "Ponzi" Scheme DOJ Press Release, Former Subcontractor
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In the News & Around the Blogosphere
Doreen Carvajal & Stephen Castle, NYTimes, Fraud Plagues Sugar Subsidy System in Europe DOJ Press Release, Utah-Based Tax Shelter Operators Plead Guilty in $200 Million Dollar Tax Fraud Amanda Bronstad, National Law Journal, Defense shifts blame elsewhere as Broadcom trial gets underway Katherine Burton & David Glovin, Bloomberg, Galleon Wiretaps Rattle Hedge Funds as Insider
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Eleventh Circuit Upholds Dismissal of Count One in Kuehne Case
No surprises in the Eleventh Circuit opinion affirming the trial court's dismissal of Count One in the Ben Kuehne case. The nine page opinion authored by Hon. Barkett, and joined by Hon. Hull and Quist provides a quick response to the government's contention that 18 U.S.C. 1957 (f)(1) was "nullified" by the Court's decision in Caplin
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The Recession Discussion – University of Chicago Legal Forum
The University of Chicago's Legal Forum - 2009 Symposium on Crime, Criminal Law and the Recession –began with opening remarks from Anton Valukas(Jenner & Block), who many remember as the former United States Attorney from the Northern District of Illinois in the days of Greylord. Now appointed the Examiner in Lehman Brothers Holdings bankruptcy, he was speaking as
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Third Circuit Rules in Honest Services Case
The honest services cases seem to be all over the place, with three before the United States Supreme Court this term. The Third Circuit just added its voice to the mix with a decision in United States v. McHeehan. The court addressed "honest services fraud as applied to the conduct of persons who are not
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In the News & Around the Blogosphere
William Sessions confirmed as Chair of the United States Sentencing Commission (see here) DOJ Press Release, Ship Operator Pleads Guilty for Concealing Pollution from Oil Tanker -Panamanian Company Will Pay $1.25 Million for Vessel Pollution Crimes Mike Scarcella, BLT Blog, DOJ: Gang Members in LA Running Health Care Fraud Scheme The Gov Monitor, Canadian Government
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You Can’t Prosecute An Acquittal – Yeager Case
Back from the Supreme Court's decision in United States v. Yeager (see discussion here), the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals had to decide what to do with the remains of this case. Mary Flood, Houston Chronicle, Appeals court wipes slate clean for Enron defendant Yeager reports on the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals decision concerning this
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In the News & Around the Blogosphere
DOJ Press Release, U.S. Army Sergeant Pleads Guilty to Bribery and Money Laundering Conspiracy Related to Department of Defense Contracts in Afghanistan DOJ Press Release, Malibu Man Agrees to Plead Guilty to Willful Failure to Disclose UBS Swiss Bank Accounts to the IRS Barbara Kiviat, Time Magazine, Insider-Trading Arrests Open a Window on Hedge-Fund Culture National
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