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In the News
Ashby Jones, Wall Street Jrl, Scruggs Gets Maximum Five-Year Sentence Paula Reed Ward, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, House panel subpoenas Wecht prosecution documents; Jason Cato, Pittsburgh Tribune Review, Congress subpoenas Wecht, Siegelman documents; Subpoena from U. S. House of Representatives, Committee on the Judiciary here U.S. House of Reps, Committee on the Judiciary, Press Release, Conyers Issues
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Day Two of the National Institute on Cyberlaw
Guest Blogger – Whitney Scott – A 3L at Stetson University College of Law – Day two of this year’s National Institute on Cyberlaw started with a very informative session on digital forensics, or what can be obtained from a computer and how that information links people to knowledge. The panel discussed the types of
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In the News & Blogosphere
Phillip Inman, Guardian, UK is weak on tackling white collar crime and short sellers, says HBOS chairman Martha Neil, ABA Law Journal News, Ex- Prosecutor: DOJ Destroyed My Career Lawrence Hurley, Washington Briefs, Leahy Reveals Discussions with DOJ Over McNulty (esp) (blogging from Denver, Colorado)
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Recent Scholarship
Plea Bargaining’s Survival: Financial Crimes Plea Bargaining, a Continued Triumph in a Post-Enron World LUCIAN E. DERVAN Affiliation Unknown Oklahoma Law Review, Vol. 60, No. 3, Fall 2007 Abstract: This article examines the war on financial crimes that began after the collapse of Enron in 2001. Although many believed that the reforms implemented
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Scrushy – Prove You Won’t Flee
The 11th Circuit Court of Appeals denied Richard Scrushy’s motion for bail pending appeal. His co-defendant former Alabama Governor Don Siegelman had been granted bail. Scrushy argued that Siegelman’s release warranted review of his claim for bond pending appeal. The court, however, ruled that Scrushy had failed to prove the preliminary step to obtain bail
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Will Airline Tickets Increase?
A DOJ Press Release reports that "[m]ajor international airlines–Socit Air France (Air France), Cathay Pacific Airways Limited (Cathay), Koninklijke Luchtvaart Maatschappij N.V. (KLM Royal Dutch Airlines), Martinair Holland N.V. (Martinair), and SAS Cargo Group A/S (SAS)– have agreed to each plead guilty and pay criminal fines totaling $504 million for participating in a multi–year conspiracy
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And 20 Days Later Conrad Black Loses His Appeal in 7th Circuit
Twenty (20) days following the oral argument, the 7th Circuit in an opinion authored by Hon. Posner affirmed Conrad Black’s conviction ( Opinion – Download conrad_black.pdf ). The trial lasted four months, and Conrad Black was sentenced in December 2007. The opinion is 16 pages long and the last sentence of it states: "[t]he defendants
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Sentences Reduced – But Very Different Reasons
Abha Bhattarai, NYTimes, Sentences Reduced for Adelphia Founder and Son Ashby Jones, WSJ Blog, A Rigas Reprieve: Father and Son Receive Lighter Sentences Curt Anderson, Yahoo News (AP) – Abramoff’s ex-partner These articles are yet additional support that cooperation brings enormous benefits. You pay the price if you risk trial and lose. (esp)
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DOJ’s Compliance Program Fails With Disgraceful Politicized Hiring
The Report titled an Investigation of Allegations of Politicized Hiring in the Department of Justice Honors Program and Summer Law Intern Program presents a review of appalling conduct occurring with respect to DOJ hiring practices. There is no excuse for hiring civil servants based upon politics. Yet the Report provides ample evidence that this is
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This Is the Subprime Mortgage Smackdown?
Guest Blogger Professor Peter Henning (Wayne State Law School & Blog Editor Emeritus): Two former Bear Stearns hedge fund managers were paraded in handcuffs through Brooklyn while the FBI touted charges against 406 defendants for mortgage fraud. This must mean that those to blame for all the problems caused by declining home prices and mortgage
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