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U.S. v. Rigas – Affirmed on Appeal
A jury convicted John and Timothy Rigas of conspiracy, bank fraud and securities fraud (they were acquitted of wire fraud). The Second Circuit then "affirmed the convictions on all counts except one count of bank fraud" and recommended a resentencing. Their sentences were ultimately reduced to 12 and 17 years. Being re-examined by the Second Circuit Court of Appeals, the court
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100 Year Sentence in White Collar Case
Convicted of three counts of mail fraud, three counts of wire fraud and one count of money laundering, netted a Ponzi scheme operator with what the U.S. Attorney for the Central District of California is calling the "longest sentence ever handed down in a white-collar case in this district." And most likely it is the
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In the News & Around the Blogosphere
John Eligon, NYTimes, Brooke Astor’s Son Guilty in Scheme to Defraud Her Mark Hamblett, NYLJ, law.com, Former Paul Hastings Tax Associate Spared Prison for Insider Trading (hat tip to Bill Olis) Brian Prince, eweek.com, Federal Investigation Nets 100 in Phishing Scheme 60 MInutes, Marc Dreir, The Swindler US Supreme Court, Cert Denied – 08-1172, Nacchio, Joseph
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In The News & Around the Blogosphere
John Pacenti, Daily Business Review, law.com, Tough Questions for Government in Attorney Money-Laundering Case Marcy Gordon, law.com, (AP), SEC Watchdog Pushes Changes After Failure to Detect Madoff Fraud Benjamin Weisner, NYTimes, Democratic Fund-Raiser Gets 24-Year Term for Fraud Mark Hamblett, NYLJ, law.com, Former Paul Hastings Tax Associate Spared Prison for Insider Trading Tom Fowler, Houston Chronicle,
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NACDL’s 5th Annual Defending the White Collar Case Seminar – “Perfecting Your Panel–Tips from the Experts on Jury Consulting & Selection,” Friday, October 2, 2009
Guest Blogger: Shana-Tara Regon, Director, White Collar Crime Policy, National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers Moderator: Abbe David Lowell Panelists: Julie Blackman, Hon. Noel Hillman, William H. Kettlewell, Deborah Starr Picking up where he left off in the hypothetical from yesterday’s panel on public corruption cases, Abbe David Lowell closed NACDL’s 5th Annual White Collar
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NACDL’s 5th Annual Defending the White Collar Case Seminar – “Capitol Chaos–What’s Happening in D.C.?,” Friday, October 2, 2009
Guest Blogger: Ross H. Garber, Shipman & Goodwin (Hartford, CT) Panelists: Shara-Tara Regon, Kathleen Sullivan Legislative Update Shana Regon, NACDL’s Director of White Collar Crime Policy, provided an update on NACDL’s efforts on Capitol Hill. She began by talking about NACDL advocacy on attorney-client privilege and attorney work product protection issues, particularly related to DOJ
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NACDL’s 5th Annual Defending the White Collar Case Seminar – “More Jail, Less Justice – White Collar Sentencing Unhinged From Reality,” Thursday, October 1, 2009
Guest Blogger: Ellen C. Brotman, Montgomery McCracken (Philadelphia, PA) Moderator: Gerald Goldstein Panelists: Ellen C. Brotman, Evan Jenness, Hon. Jed Rakoff, Alan Vinegrad The panel started with Evan Jenness who made the important point that we must push back against the government’s loss numbers in complicated financial crimes cases and focus on how to calculate
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NACDL’s 5th Annual Defending the White Collar Case Seminar – “Choppy Waters – The Ethics of Privilege and Disclosure,” Thursday, October 1, 2009
Guest Blogger: Peter D. Hardy, Post & Schell, P.C. (Philadelphia, PA) Moderator: Gerald B. Lefcourt Panelists: Robert Cary, Hon. Nancy Gertner, Prof. Bruce Green, Paul Shechtman, Larry Thompson Gerald Lefcourt noted that it has been over 46 years since the Brady decision was issued, yet we still have no firm definition of Brady that most
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NACDL’s 5th Annual Defending the White Collar Case Seminar – “Keynote Address: Lanny A. Breuer, Assistant Attorney General, Criminal Division, U.S. Department of Justice,” Thursday, October 1, 2009
Guest Blogger: Ivan J. Dominguez, Assistant Director of Public Affairs & Communications, National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers Keynote Address: Lanny A. Breuer, Assistant Attorney General, Criminal Division, U.S. Department of Justice* Assistant Attorney General of the Criminal Division Lanny A. Breuer traveled from Washington, D.C., to deliver a lunchtime address to NACDL’s 5th Annual
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NACDL’s 5th Annual Defending the White Collar Case Seminar – “Cyberspace – The Black Hole Where Ethics, Strategy, and Technology Collide,” Thursday, October 1, 2009
Guest Blogger: Cynthia Hujar Orr, President, National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers Panel Moderator: Gerald Goldstein Panelists: AUSA Joey Blanch, Blair Brown, Marcia Hofmann, Alexander Southwell Gerald Goldstein grabbed the attention of the NACDL White Collar seminar telling us that each time we hit the send button on the internet a new government exhibit is
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