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White Collar Crime Prof Blog Ranked 16th
Just a thanks to everyone who has been clicking this way. In the recent rankings of Paul Caron over at Tax Prof Blog, the white collar crime prof blog came in as 16th in the "Top 35 blogs edited by law professors with publicly available SiteMeters for the most recent 12-month period (July 2007 –
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Recent White Collar Crime Scholarship
Geraldine Szott Moohr ,Of Bad Apples and Bad Trees: Considering Fault-Based Criminal Liability for Complicit Corporations, 44 American Criminal Law Review, Vol 44, 2007 – available on SSRN here Miriam Baer, Corporate Policing and Corporate Governance: What Can We Learn from Hewlett-Packard’s Pre-testing Scandal?, University of Cincinnati Law Review – Corporate Law Symposium, 2008 –
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The Latest on Sam Waksal – ImClone’s Founder
For cancer patients, any word of the possible release down the road of Sam Waksal is likely to be celebrated. The latest word on his status is seen in an article by Beth Landman in the Intelligencer titled, Sam Waksal’s Return to New York. Waksal was the founder of ImClone, a company that produced a
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In the News and Blogoshpere
Carrie Johnson, Washington Post, Right the Ship or Hold the Course? Attorney General Works More Toward Justice Department Stability Than Reform New Plea Bargaining Blog here (esp)
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In the News and Blogosphere
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Appeals court sets Aug. 4 for Wecht arguments ; Lebanon Daily News (AP), Oral arguments scheduled in Wecht retrial case Linda Friedman Ramirez, Representing Foreign Nationals Blog, White Collar Crime and Criminal Immigration: Prosecution of MacDonald Franchise Results in Plea Dan Levine, Law.com, Federal Judge Refuses to Accept Guilty Plea in Health Care
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Sometimes It Is Just Better to Take the Loss – DOJ Takes A Second Punch
Amir Efrati of the Wall Street Jrl reports on a ruling in the Second Circuit in a post titled, Second Circuit Stings SDNY in “Specialist” Case. The Second Circuit affirmed the acquittal of the trial court, an acquittal that occurred post trial following a jury verdict. Some thoughts on this decision: What the Second Circuit
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What’s Cuomo Up To?
A press release of New York Attorney General Andrew M. Cuomo tells of charges against an apartment screening service. The charges arise from an undercover investigation. It is claimed that this "New York City company acting as an apartment broker used bait & switch schemes on the popular website Craigslist.org to bilk 4,000 New Yorkers
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In the News
Victoria Kim, LA Times, Prosecutor Lays Out Case Against Pellicano Client Tom Hamburger, LA Times, Office of Special Counsel official quits in protest Chicago Tribune, 2 men accused of defrauding 4 Des Plaines banks (alleged scheme for loans to send cars to Poland) DOJ Press Release – California Firm Sentenced While Search for Its Fugitive
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On the Other Side of the Ocean
Simon Bowers, Guardian.co.uk, White-collar crime: SFO boss plans to cut back on prosecutions and investigations – (The Serious Fraud Office is taking a different approach from the U.S. to efforts to combat white collar crime. It seems the SFO "plans to spend less money prosecuting and investigating in order to pursue alternative ‘harm reduction’ initiatives…")
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Politics and Privilege
Carrie Johnson, Washington Post, Administration Wanted Loyalist as Justice Department Legal Adviser (Will history paint former Attorney General Ashcroft as a voice of reason? It is hard to imagine that the Attorney General who issued an Order permitting the government to monitor attorney-client conversations in prison would fit this description – see here) Dan Eggen,
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