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In the News and Around the Blogosphere
Mike Scarcella, BLT Blog, Judge Rules Against White House in E-mail Dispute Jon Swartz, USA Today, Hackers, phishers can’t get away with it like they used to Stirling Newberry, Firedoglake, Who is Neil Barofsky, And Can We Trust Him to Watch the 700 Billion Collar Cookie Jar? Matthew Barakat, Houston Chronicle (AP), Ex-Tech billionaire gets
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Should Barney, A Repeat Offender, Receive A Pardon?
Unlike most white collar cases that have individuals who have no prior convictions, reports are that Barney the white house canine is a repeat offender. See Rodrique Ngowi,TBO (AP), Reporter wasn’t White House dog’s 1st bite victim. And it seems that the victims have a commonality (all press people). It was questioned here whether Barney
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The Ben Kuehne Case
In my wish list to Obama and his next AG, I ask them to "re-examine the Ben Kuehne case." It is hard to imagine that a re-examination with fresh eyes would come to the same result. (See background here) Normally when someone is indicted, the surrounding friends slowly disappear – they distance themselves from the
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Supreme Court Grants Cert in White Collar Case
The U.S. Supreme Court accepted certiorari in the case of Yeager v. United States. The issue presented is "[w]hether, under the Double Jeopardy Clause, the government may retry defendants acquitted of some charges on factually related counts on which the jury failed to reach a verdict." For the Opinion from the 5th Circuit, the Petition
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Siegelman – A More Pressing Need to Re-examine
In my My Wish List to President Barack Obama & The Next AG I mention the need for the next AG to "Conduct an investigation on cases such as former Alabama Governor Siegelman and Cyril Wecht and if politics played any role – do the right thing." But the need may be more pressing here.
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My Wish List to President Barack Obama & The Next AG
We all have our wish lists of things we would like accomplished in this new administration. And when it comes to the administration of DOJ, it is easy to list many items such as matters related to GITMO, etc. So, limited to white collar crime issues – my two cents – To the New AG
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White Collar Crime Declinations – Do They Vary from District to District
Is it really possible that certain areas of the country decline more white collar prosecutions than other areas? The Resource Management of US Attorneys’ Offices – US Department of Justice Office of the Inspector General Audit Division issued an Audit Report dated November 2008. The Report provides some interesting numbers. Although there is no definition
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In the News and Around the Blogosphere
A DOJ Press Release states that three leading electronics manufacturers "have agreed to plead guilty and pay a total of $585 million in criminal fines for their roles in conspiracies to fix prices in the sale of liquid crystal display (LCD) panels." Dan Slater, WSJ Blog, Kozlowski: Hard to Reconcile AIG Bailout With $6,000 Shower
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Welcome – Research Associate to the White Collar Crime Blog
Welcome Whitney Curtis, Reference/Instructional Services Librarian of Stetson University College of Law Library, who is the new research associate for the white collar crime blog. (esp)
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William Jefferson – Won the Election, But The Criminal Case Is Still There
Congressman William J. Jefferson receiving 57% of the votes in his bid for re-election to Congress (see here), may be facing a tougher issue as he lost his argument for dismissal of the criminal case pending against him, an indictment with conspiracy and substantive offenses. (see Indictment) (see here commentary on the Indictment). The district
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