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Wecht Trial in Pennsylvania
Closing arguments are set for today in the federal trial of Cyril Wecht. Jonathan D. Silver and Paula Reed Ward at the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette have provided some wonderful coverage of the trial (see here). This federal corruption case has lasted 7 weeks, had hundreds of exhibits, and the government presented 44 witnesses. The defense rested
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The Skilling Discovery Problem – Part II of Commentary
The Wall Street Jrl just reported on the release of Skilling’s Supplemental Brief and its discussion of the Fastow Notes. As the White Collar Crime Prof Blog noted here, if prosecutors failed to provide Brady material, Jeff Skilling’s conviction could be in jeopardy. Also discussed here was the importance of full and open discovery by
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Obama & Rezko
Battling for the Democratic Nomination, Barak Obama is facing questions about his affiliation with political fundraiser Rezko, who remains on trial in Chicago (see here). Gavel to gavel coverage of the trial can be seen at the Chicago Tribune here. The SunTimes talks about an amount of $250,000 (see here) with respect to fundraising for
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Initial Commentary on the Skilling Supplemental Brief
Obviously, we can expect that the government will take issue with the contents of the Skilling brief (for the brief see here). The brief even states that when questioned with a discovery issue the "Task Force merely reverted to its blanket assertion that the ‘notes are "not materially inconsistent" with information already in your possession."
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The Falling of the Enron Case House of the Cards
The first card in the falling of the government’s house of Enron cases occurred yesterday, as Jeffrey Skilling’s supplemental brief was unsealed. And one finds within this brief a shocking display of alleged government misconduct. The brief and some commentary can be found over at Tom Kirkendall’s Houston ClearThinkers here. For openers, here is but
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Richard F. “Dickie” Scruggs Plea
A few weeks ago, Professor Peter Henning questioned whether there might be a plea by one of the defendants in the Scruggs case. (see here) He stated, "Senior U.S. District Judge Neal Biggers rejected the remaining motions filed by Dickie Scruggs and his two co-defendants, son Zach and Sidney Backstrom, clearing the way for trial
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Scruggs Pleads Guilty
See Wall Street Jrl. here; New York Times (AP) here. More to follow. (esp)
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Deferred Prosecution Agreements & Spitzer
The FCPA Blog appropriately notes we haven’t being seeing many deferred prosecution agreements these days (see here). As the FCPA Blog points out, there have been no reported agreements since Flowserve on February 21.(see here). It is probably a wise move for the government to lay low on deferred prosecution agreements right now with the
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In the News: National Republican Congressional Committee Needs SOX?
In the News: National Republican Congressional Committee overstated cash in a report by $740,000 – Minneapolis Star-Tribune – Republican Campaign Committee Says It Was Betrayed By Treasurer Yahoo (AP) –Apparent Fraud Costs GOP Group Heavily Fox News – Official: Former Treasurer ‘Betrayed’ Republican Election Group Townhall.com – Apparent Fraud Costs GOP Group Heavily Now if
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Greenberg Traurig & the Guam Attorney General
The law firm of Greenberg Traurig seems to be recipient of charges filed by the Attorney General’s Office in Guam. The case clearly emanates from the days of Jack Abramoff, as he too is included as a defendant and the times of the alleged activity dates back a good number of years. There are 10
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