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Skilling & The Fastow Notes
Kristen Hays of the Houston Chronicle’s article, Skilling Seeks to Use Fastow Notes As Part of Appeal and Tom Kirkendall’s Houston ClearThinkers (here) discuss the recent happenings in the Skilling appeal. If it is shown that the government failed to disclose exculpatory material to the defense in the Skilling case, it could prove enormously detrimental to
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Medicare Fraud Strike Force – One Year Later
The Medicare Fraud Strike Force was formed in March 2007 and since starting, the Strike Force has brought charges against 120 defendants, resulting in 101 convictions. An initial press release notes that [t]he strike force is able to identify potential fraud cases for investigation and prosecution quickly through real-time analysis of billing data from Medicare
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Thank You – Peter
It is with sadness, but understanding, that I see my co-blogger Peter Henning leaving the white collar crime prof blog. And although I considered folding up this shop, I have made the decision to move forward with some occasional guest bloggers and your assistance. I will be adding a few new items to the blog
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Aloha
Just like President Nixon leaving the White House with arms raised high and head unbowed, so too am I leaving the White Collar Crime Prof Blog — how’s that for a final image. I guess I could have used Eliot Spitzer as my model for a quick exit. While I didn’t last quite as long
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Extradition Denied in Antitrust Case
The House of Lords denied a request by the United States to extradite a defendant from England to face an antitrust charge related to price fixing in carbon products. The basis was the lack of dual criminality, that price fixing was not made a criminal offense in the United Kingdom until the adoption of the
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Spitzer Quits — Will Charges Follow?
Eliot Spitzer resigned as Governor of New York, issuing a statement (here) declaring that "I have begun to atone for my private failings with my wife, Silda, my children, and my entire family. The remorse I feel will always be with me." The resignation came only two days after the public revelation of his philandering,
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Monitors in Deferred Prosecution Hearings
The hearing on monitors in Deferred Prosecution Agreements was held yesterday. To listen and view a video webcast of the hearing go here. It is 2 hours and 54 minutes, but there is a long break between the two sessions. In his opening comments, Hon. John Conyors, Jr. called for judicial oversight of these agreements.
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Spitzer and the Southern District of New York
The fact that federal prosecutors from the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York pursued the investigation of New York Governor Eliot Spitzer’s use of large amounts of cash for transactions that turned out to involve the services of one or more prostitutes means he could be looking at federal charges for
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Commentary on Government’s Last Effort to Save Face on Corporate Monitoring
Today is the Subcommittee on Commercial and Administrative Law hearing on "Deferred Prosecution: Should Corporate Settlement Agreements Be Without Guidelines?" (see here) And on the eve of this hearing, the DOJ has issued a new memo on the selection and use of monitors in deferred prosecution agreements.(see here). But what exactly does this new memo
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DOJ Trys to Circumvent A Negative Result From Deferred Prosecution Hearing
A House Judiciary Committee hearing on deferred prosecution agreements issued its list of witnesses for the Tuesday, March 3, 2008 – 10:30 AM Subcommittee on Commercial and Administrative Law Hearing on "Deferred Prosecution: Should Corporate Settlement Agreements Be Without Guidelines?" The panelists are: Panel I: Hon. David E. Nahmais The U.S. Attorney’s OfficeNorthern District of
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