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Nacchio Appellate Argument
For live blogging on the 10th Circuit appellate argument in the former Qwest CEO Joe Nacchio case check out Jerri Merritt of TalkLeft at 5280. (esp)
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Looks Like the Government Needs Some Corporate Accountability
The 2007 Government Accountability Office Report can be found here. How would the DOJ use this evidence if this were a private company and they were proceeding against this private company in a criminal case? Will criminal/corporate defense counsel be permitted to use this report as a point of comparison when under scrutiny by DOJ?…
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The Cost of Going to Trial
Tom Kirkendall at Houston ClearThinkers calls it a "trial penalty," (see here), I see it as the "value of cooperation." But whatever one wants to call it, there is yet another example this week of the high cost associated with the risk of taking a chance on a trial. Unlike Conrad Black who risked trial…
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Settlement in HealthSouth and MD Case
A press release of DOJ states, "HealthSouth Corporation and two physicians have agreed to pay the United States a total of $14.9 million to settle allegations that the Birmingham, Ala.-based company submitted false claims to the government and paid illegal kickbacks to physicians who referred patients for care in some of its hospitals, outpatient rehabilitation…
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Looking at the Numbers?
Professor Doug Berman on his Sentencing Law & Policy Blog here writes about David Voreacos and Bob Van Voris’ Bloomberg News article titled, "Bush Fraud Probes Jail Corporate Criminals Less Than Two Years." But I guess I want to see more. I am not as convinced that the white collar offenders are getting off so…
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Freddie Mac Goes to YouTube
Michelle Singletary (here) at the Washington Post found a good YouTube site that may assist those who might be scammed by mortgage fraudsters. It seems that Freddie Mac has realized the a good place to find viewers is YouTube. And the YouTube scene may help those facing foreclosure in realizing that the deal being presented…
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Indictments in the Northern District of Illinois
It may be snowy and icy in Chicago these days, but Patrick J. Fitzgerald, U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Illinois, has been keeping things pretty hot when it comes to prosecuting people. His latest this week may at first blush seem like an simple tax fraud charge as he states in his press…
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Tinkering With Waiver of the Attorney-Client Privilege and Work Product Protection
A new bill (available below) introduced by Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy and cosponsored by Senator Arlen Specter, the Committee’s ranking member, would add a new Rule 502 to the Federal Rules of Evidence to deal with waiver of the attorney-client privilege and work product protection when a litigant discloses such information to a…
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Blue Cross Enters Into a Deferred Prosecution Agreement for Rhode Island Corruption
The on-going corruption probe in Rhode Island — dubbed Operation Dollar Bill — snared another non-profit when Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Rhode Island entered into a deferred prosecution agreement with the U.S. Attorney’s Office. The case involves payments by BCBSRI to three members of the state Senate while the insurer was lobbying for…
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Stick to Acting
Blog emperor Paul Caron has a post (here) on the Tax Prof Blog linking to an interview actor Wesley Snipes gave to Entertainment Weekly (here) discussing his pending criminal tax fraud case. Snipes claims that he was simply following the advice of two accountants who said he could claim a substantial refund, which turns out…
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