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In the News & Around the Blogosphere
Carrie Johnson, Washington Post, After Stevens Case, Justice Dept. Corruption Unit in Disarray DOJ Press Release, Former Military Contractor Convicted of Participating in Scheme to Steal Large Quantities of Fuel from U.S. Army in Afghanistan Chronicle of Higher Education, Federal Investigators Subpoena Admissions Records at 3 Illinois Universities (subscription only) law.com, (AP) Investigated DOJ Prosecutor Removed
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Commentary on Yeager
The Yeager decision (see here) by the Supreme Court is an important decision for those handling both white collar and non-white collar cases. Some thoughts on the decision: Just because it is a hung jury on some counts, doesn't mean the government can rrepackage it and try again calling it something else. If it is
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Government Cannot Have Two Bites of the Apple in Enron Broadband Case
The Supreme Court ruled today on the case of Yeager v. United States, a case from the Enron Broadband cases. For background see here. Basically, defendant, who was an employee at Enron Broadband Services ("EBS"), was acquitted on some of counts but the jury was hung on others. The government indicted Defendant on some of these hung counts
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AG Holder Speaks to Senate Committee on the Judiciary
AG Holder testified this morning to the Senate Committee on the Judiciary (see here). In his prepared remarks (see here) he covered several items related to white collar crime. Two of the topics he focused on were: "Federal and State Partnerships Targeting Financial and Mortgage Fraud," and " Health Care Fraud." He stated in his prepared remarks the following: "The
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In the News & Around the Blogosphere
DOJ Press Release, Two Baltimore Businessmen Indicted for Conspiring to Rig Bids at Maryland Tax Lien Auctions Michael S. Rosenwald, Washington Post, Instead of Zen Dens, Starwood Builds an Espionage Case Against Hilton (w/ a hat tip to Dennis Beal) Jordan Weissman, BLT Blog, Jefferson Day 2: Businessman Who Pleaded Guilty Testifies Martha Greybow, Reuters,
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Pictures of Different Fraudsters
Melanie Linder, Forbes, has an article titled, How to Foil a Corporate Fraudster. What is particularly unique about this piece is that it is coupled with pictures of seven different types of fraudsters. The different types (e.g., The Wannabe, The Survivor) really capture the sociology behind different types of individuals who commit white collar crimes.
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In the News & Around the Blogosphere
David Z. Seide and Brian M. White, National LJ, law.com, Don't give agencies criminal power – Consolidating criminal and civil authority is an extreme departure and is bound to create more problems Jennifer Forsyth, WSJ Blog, Deal Talks for Indicted Judge With Ties to Scruggs? Enrique Rangel, Amarillo.com, Mortgage fraud cases cover state, Texas AG confronts
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Sentencing Article
Paul N. Monnin & R. Jospeh Burby have an article titled, "Off the Chart: The U.S. Sentencing Guidelines Become Increasingly Irrelevant in the Wake of the Market Meltdown." The article can be found here – 2009 byThe Bureau of National Affairs, Inc. (800-372-1033) http://www.bna.com Reproduced with permission from White Collar Crime Report, 4 WCR 298, 04/24/2009.
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Will There Be Change in the US Criminal Justice System
The US Senate, Committee on the Judiciary held a hearing this past week (June 11th) titled, "Exploring the National Criminal Justice Commission Act of 2009." (see here). Panel Two included Chief William Bratton – LA Police Dept., Pat Nolan - VP Prison Fellowship, Professor Charles Ogletree - Harvard, and Brian Walsh of the Heritage Foundation. The panel discussed
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Nacchio Files Reply Brief and Case Is Set for Conference
Former Qwest CEO Joseph Nacchio's Petition for Cert can be found here. He argued that the Tenth Circuit decision (en banc) conflicted with other circuits. (The Tenth Circuit opinion was decided with a close vote). Nacchio has now filed his Reply Brief, responding to the government, and the matter has been set for conference at the end of the month. Here are some interesting lines from
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