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Commit a Crime, Lose a Pension?
The House overwhelmingly passed a Congressional ethics "reform" law, now called The Honest Leadership and Open Government Act of 2007, and the Senate is likely to send it to the President. One provision of the law, Sec. 401, would strip a member of Congress of his or her pension if convicted of certain specified offenses…
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Plea in Export Case
The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Central District of California issued a press release of a plea in an export case where according to the information, the accused failed to secure the "required expert license to export vibration amplifiers, cable assemblies, and vibration processor units." The accused "was an international sales manager and was responsible…
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White Collar Educators
Fraud in the education arena is not something new. An article by Audrey Williams June in the Chonicle of Higher Education (subscription required) describes how college business officers may be forced to deal with fraud on campus. The example of kickbacks/bribes of contractors is one item covered in the article, which is titled "Business Officers…
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Counterfeit Drugs
Professor Stephanie Aleong of Nova SouthEastern University Law School presented a talk at the SouthEast Association of Law Schools (SEALS) on counterfeit drugs. She argued for an extension of environmental models (e.g., RCRA, CERCLA) to combat the existing problems of distributors presenting counterfeit drugs into the market place. Professor Aleong calls for manufacturers to be…
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SEALS White Collar Crime Panel
The Southeast Association of Law Schools (SEALS) included a panel discussion titled, White Collar Crime in the Post-Enron Era: Substance and Scholarship, with Joan Hemingway (Tennessee) moderating the panel. The first speaker, John Hasnas (Georgetown Business School), spoke of the existing "Commander & Control" Approach and how it is detrimental to the corporate structure in…
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Feds Raid “Uncle Ted’s” Home
Just days ago the press was reporting that Senator Ted Stevens (R. Alaska) was under scrutiny. The scrutiny appears to have increased with the recent search of his residence in Alaska. (See Washington Post here; Yahoo News here) This search required a showing of probable cause, approval by a judge, and execution of the search…
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Cheney Stirs Up the Pot
Dan Eggen of the Washington Post has yet another article on beltway news. This time it is Vice President Cheney, and he is expressing disagreement with the Libby verdict. Does he have information that wasn’t presented to the jury? Does he know something that the rest of us don’t know? And if he knew something,…
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PLeas in FCPA case
A DOJ Press Release reports that "[t]wo former ITXC Corporation executives have pleaded guilty and one former executive has been sentenced" "in relation to their participation in a foreign bribery scheme." This case from the District of New Jersey charged in a one count information, conspiracy to violate the foreign corrupt practices act and the…
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Gonzales in Boiling Water
Washington Post’s Dan Eggen and Amy Goldstein present yet another lead article on Attorney General Alberto Gonzales, and like some of the others before this one, it does not bode well for him. The article, titled Gonzales Truthfulness Long Disputed, traces his history in a position associated Bush both before and during this Presidency. It…
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11th Circuit Rejects Appeal of Former Georgia State Senator
The 11th Circuit issued an opinion affirming the conviction of former Georgia State Senator Charles Walker. The court rejected defense arguments that “(1) during jury selection, the district court erroneously disallowed four of Walker’s peremptory strikes after finding a Batson violation; (2) honest services mail fraud was improperly charged in the indictment and not supported…
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