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  • In the News and Blogosphere

    Del Quentin Wilber, Washington Post, Attorney for Stevens Tells Jurors Alaska Senator ‘Is Honest,’ Did Not Lie DOJ Press Release, New Jersey Hospital to Pay $3.85 Million to Resolve Allegations of Inflating Charges to Obtain Higher Medicare Reimbursement Kroll Global Fraud Report, Annual Fraud Report 2008-09 here  DOJ Press Release, Statement of Acting Assistant Attorney

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  • In the News and Blogosphere

    Lebanon Daily News (AP),  Fed Court Won’t Delay Wecht Retrial for Appeal; Paula Reed Ward, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Appeals court refuses to issue stay in Wecht case DOJ Press Release, Former Alcatel CIT Executive Sentenced for Paying $2.5 Million in Bribes to Senior Costa Rican Officials Randall D. Eliason, Legal Times, We Need to Indict Them

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  • The Ted Stevens Trial

    The jury selection process started in the trial of Senator Ted Stevens.  Whether the defense is making a wise move to proceed quickly to trial remains to be seen – clearly for political reasons it allows Senator Stevens the ability to have a trial prior to facing re-election. But should the political issue be the

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  • In the News and Blogosphere

    Frank Reynolds, Andrews Publications, Ex-Exec Says Dynergy Is $600K Behind on Attorney Bill Payments (esp)(w/ a hat tip to Bill Olis)

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  • In the News and Blogosphere

    Heritage Foundation, Continuing the "Culture of Waiver" at DOJ Mike Scarcella, The BLT- Blog of the Legal Times, DOJ Ordered to Post Williams & Connolly Exhibits Online, (pertaining to Senator Ted Stevens case) John Curran, Law.com (AP), Vermont AG Candidate to Prosecute Bush If She Wins Howard Bashman, How Appealing, Wecht Seeks to Appeal Case

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  • In the News and Blogosphere

    Rachel Breitman, Alaska Legislators File Suit to Stop Palin Investigation David Nakamura & Del Quentin Wilber, D.C. Seeks  Data on Federal Tax Probe- City Hopes to Make Sure None in Scam Are Still on Staff Eric Lightblau, U.S. Steps Up Its Criminal Prosecution of Illegal Technology Exports to Iran DOJ Press Release, CITGO Pleads Guilty

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  • In the News and Blogosphere

    Alison Frankel, AmLaw Daily, Two Chevron Lawyers Indicted in Ecuador, NYTimes, Opinion, Holding Mr. Rove in Contempt American Lawyer, Will More Lawyers Be Indicted Over Alleged Ernst & Young Tax Shelter Fraud? BLT Legal Times, Taylor Withdraws Nomination Corporate Crime Reporter, Mendelsohn Says Criminal Bribery Prosecutions Doubled in 2007 (esp)

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  • The Other Four in the Stein-KPMG Related Case

    Defendants are not always successful in KPMG related cases before Judge Kaplan.  The four remaining defendants in the case found that out this past week when their claims of due process violations were denied. The issue is a fascinating one, and one previously seen in cases such as Scrushy and Stringer – the sharing of

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  • Ted Steven’s Discovery Issues

    So what is happening with the forthcoming trial of Alaska Senator Ted Stevens?   See Erika Bolstad, Anchorage Daily News, Stevens Loses Bid to Throw His Case Out of Court. He’s getting the discovery for trial, but it was a mess. See Erika Bolstad, Anchorage Daily News, Judge orders that Stevens’ lawyers get pile of paper

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  • Sarah Palin’s Discovery Issue

    Troopergate, as the investigation has been termed by press and politics, raises the question of whether Sarah Palin abused her power as Governor.  A lawyer is now representing her. See Lisa Demer, Anchorage Daily News, Private lawyer hired to represent Palin in Monegan inquiry. And her lawyer wants the discovery from the individual appointed by

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