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NACDL’s Aug. 20, 2009, White Collar Crime CLE – “Litigating Pre-Trial Restraint of Assets in Criminal Cases”
Guest Blogger: Cynthia Hujar Orr, President of the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers (NACDL) Tiffany Joslyn, NACDL’s White Collar Crime Policy Counsel, put together this evening’s two-hour continuing legal education (CLE) program on the all-important topic of government efforts aimed at criminal pre-trial restraint of assets. “In the 1999 decision Grupo Mexicano de Desarrollo,
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SEALS Call for Papers
Law Professors - The Southeastern Association of Law Schools (SEALS) has a call for papers – CALL FOR PAPERS A roundtable discussion will be held at SEALS 2010 on "Re-evaluating Corporate Criminal Liability." Among the questions that deserve focus in this area are the following: Should we discard corporate criminal liability? Should we expand corporate criminal
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NACDL’s Aug. 19, 2009, White Collar Crime CLE – “Testimonial Traps: Defense Strategies for Invoking the 5th Amendment in Civil Cases, Investigations & Other Proceedings”
Guest Blogger: Cynthia Hujar Orr, President of the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers (NACDL) Shana-Tara Regon, NACDL’s White Collar Crime Project Director, put together this evening’s two-hour continuing legal education (CLE) program covering the critically important Fifth Amendment issues that practitioners often face. Tomorrow’s second installment of NACDL’s White Collar summer CLE series is
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In the News & Around the Blogosphere
Tom Kirkendall, Houston's ClearThinkers, The Stanford D&O Policy Joanne Silberner, NPR, Medical Fraud Carries A Staggering Price Tag (w/ a hat tip to Ted Gest) Shane Anthony & Joel Currier, St. Louis Post-Dispatch, St. Peters woman accused of cyber bullying (w/ a hat tip to Ted Gest) (esp)
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Reyes Conviction Overturned By Ninth Circuit
Former CEO of Brocade Communications Systems, Gregory Reyes, had his convictions overturned by the the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals. The court reversed Reyes' conviction "because of prosecutorial misconduct in making a false assertion of material fact to the jury in closing argument." Reyes had argued that he "signed off on the backdated options without
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In the News & Around the Blogosphere
Brett Barrouquere, law.com (AP), Attorneys Convicted Over Diet-Drug Settlement Sentenced to Jail, Ordered to Pay $127 Million Miles Moffeit, Denver Post, Alleged Ponzi schemer likely to plead guilty to fraud charges Breaking News 24/7, Federal Gov't Won't Appeal Shorter Sentence for Ex-Qwest CEO Joe Nacchio; Reuters, U.S. government won't fight Nacchio sentence ruling Press Release,
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CrimProf Back
Just wanted to welcome back the crimprof blog here and wish the new editors the very best in blogosphere. (esp)
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Nacdl Hosting Summer Series
National Association of Criminal Defense Attorneys (NACDL) is hosting two panels as part of its summer CLE series. First, on August 19th, is “Testimonial Traps: Defense Strategies for Invoking the Fifth Amendment in Civil Cases, Investigations & Other Proceedings.” Then, on August 20th, is “Litigating Pre-Trial Restraint of Assets in Criminal Cases.” For more information
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Hacking Indictment – How Many Times Can You Indict The Same Person
DOJ issued a press release concerning an indictment of an individual charged with "conspiring to hack into computer networks supporting major American retail and financial organizations, and [allegedly] stealing data relating to more than 130 million credit and debit cards." The indictment is for the crimes of conspiracy and wire fraud conspiracy. He is accused of using
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Former Credit Suisse Broker Convicted
Following a three week trial, a former Credit Suisse broker was convicted of conspiracy and securities fraud. The DOJ press release from the Eastern District of New York tells how "the scheme was discovered when the market for the mortgage-backed CDOs purchased by the companies collapsed and various auctions for CDO-ARS began to fail." Many frauds
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