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Upcoming Sentencing – General Re Related Case
The defendants found guilty following a reinsurance contract between AIG and General Re, contracts that the the government argued made it appear that (1) "General Re had transferred approximately $100 million in insurance risk … to AIG when in fact, no real insurance risk had been transferred; (2) General Re was Paying AIG $10 million
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In the News and Blogosphere
DOJ Press Release, Two El Paso Businessmen and Their Companies Charged with Conspiracy to Rig Bids and Allocate Customers for Door and Hardware Installation DOJ Press Release, Five Promoters of Tax Defiance Scheme Indicted for Tax Fraud Mark J. Stein and Joshua A. Levine, N.Y. Law Jrl, Law.com, The Filip Memorandum: Does It Go Far
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Professor Frank Bowman Responds
Guest Blogger – Professor Frank Bowman – University of Missouri School of Law: I enjoyed reading Ms. Martz’s response to my American Lawyer/Legal Times article. It’s always a relief to find that somebody reads one’s stuff, and a real pleasure when it draws an intelligent response. A couple of thoughts on that response: First, Ms.
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In the News & Blogosphere
WTAE-TV, Cyril Wecht Defense, Prosecution Talking To Avoid New Trial; Philly.com (AP), Former judge working to resolve Wecht case National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers (NACDL) Press Release, National Criminal Defense Bar Assn. Files Amicus Brief in Appeal of First Stock Options Backdating Conviction National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers (NACDL) Press Release, NACDL Hails
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In the News and Blogosphere
Karina Frayter, CCN, Enron investors to split billions from lawsuit DOJ Press Release, High-Ranking Web Site Administrator Sentenced in Peer-to-Peer Piracy Crackdown DOJ Press Release, Malaysia Resident Sentenced to Two Years in Prison for Role in International Online Brokerage Scheme Carrie Johnson & Del Quentin Wilber, Former Abramoff Associate Is Arrested – Indictment Charges Fraud,
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Judge Rejects Plea of No Jail Time But Extraordinary Fine
E.Scott Reckard, LA Times, Judge Rejects Plea Deal for Broadcom Co-founder Henry Samueli (esp) (w/ a hat tip to Stephanie Martz)
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Third Annual National Institute on Securities Fraud
Third Annual National Institute on Securities Fraud October 2-3, 2008 Hyatt (Hyatt Regency Crystal City, Arlington, Virginia) Featured Speaker – Mark Filip, Deputy Attorney General, U.S. Department of Justice For more information here.
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2008 Antitrust Compliance Survey
Professor Daniel Sokol, University of Florida Levin College of Law, and blogger of the Lawprof Antitrust Law Blog, asked me to post the following: In house counsel or who work at law firms advising clients are asked to take 5 minutes of their time to answer a survey by Prof. Sokol of the University of
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Should the Government Retry Wecht?
Check out this video of Professor John Burkoff on the University of Pittsburgh Law School Blog here. (esp)
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In the News & Blogosphere
Jenn Abelson, Boston.com, Former Dunkin’ official indicted Gary Fields, Wall St Jrl, U.S. Sentencing Panel to Focus On Alternatives to Jail Maryclaire Dale, Law.com (AP), Once-Powerful Pa. Senator Faces Long Fraud Trial Evan A. Jenness, ALM Business Crimes Bulletin, Bringing Sentencing Sanity to Operation Malicious Mortgage Carrie Johnson & Del Quentin Wilber, Abramoff Associate Indicted
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