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Supremes Go With the Ninth Circuit on Insider Trading
Salman is in. Newman is out. Justice Alito writes the opinion for an 8-0 Court. Here is the opinion in Salman v. United States. (wisenberg)
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Josh Greenberg, U.S. v. Annappareddy Hero, Opens New Firm.
Readers of this Blog are no doubt familiar with United States v. Reddy Annappareddy, the District of Maryland case in which a guilty verdict was overturned (and new trial granted) with the grudging, belated concurrence of government prosecutors, because the government presented false testimony to the jury. The indictment was then dismissed with prejudice, over government objection, due to the government's destruction of potentially relevant evidence and the trial…
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Where is FBI Director Comey Now?
We have been critical of FBI Director Comey's comments (see here and here) during the email investigations of Hillary Clinton. On a positive note, it was good to see him pull together the FBI for a quick review of Hillary Clinton's emails after his missteps, although this should never have been necessary if commenting during the…
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Former Deputy Attorney General Larry Thompson Comments on Senator Jeff Sessions Nomination for AG
Co-blogger Solomon Wisenberg noted here that "[a]nyone who thinks this will be an easy nomination to put through, because Sessions is a sitting Senator, is in for a big surprise. It will be a bruising battle." I would add that it just got a whole lot easier for Senator Jeff Sessions, as according to President-Elect Donald Trump's…
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Press Reports that President-Elect Trump Agrees to $25 Million Settlement in Trump University Case
Steve Eder, Donald Trump Agrees to Pay $25 Million in Trump University Settlement, NYtimes Harper Neidig, NY announces $25M settlement in Trump University Case, The Hill (esp)
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Jeff Sessions To Be Tapped For Justice
This is according to every news source out there, including the Washington Post. Anyone who thinks this will be an easy nomination to put through, because Sessions is a sitting Senator, is in for a big surprise. It will be a bruising battle. (wisenberg)
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The Clinton Email Investigation: Professor Wisenberg’s Grades Are In.
28 CFR § 600.1 Grounds for appointing a Special Counsel. The Attorney General, or in cases in which the Attorney General is recused, the Acting Attorney General, will appoint a Special Counsel when he or she determines that criminal investigation of a person or matter is warranted and – (a) That investigation or prosecution of…
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The Ramifications of FBI Director Comey’s Missteps
It is common in white collar cases for investigations to span over many years. Being essentially document cases, one sees white collar crime investigations lasting the length of a grand jury or sometimes the span of a few grand juries. It is rare that one sees the investigated party receiving a letter at the end…
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At Counsel’s Table: A Conversation with Henry W. (“Hank”) Asbill of Jones Day
Guest Bloggers – Eugene Gorokhov, Charles Burnham, & Ziran Zhang (Burnham & Gorokhov, PLLC) At Counsel’s Table: A Conversation with Henry W. (“Hank”) Asbill of Jones Day Hank Asbill is a partner at Jones Day and widely recognized as one of the country’s best white collar criminal defense attorneys. In 2015, he was awarded…
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ABA CJS London White Collar Crime Institute – Internal Investigations
In this second post from the Fifth Annual ABA Criminal Justice Section London White Collar Crime Institute, I will discuss some of the lessons learned and issues discussed during this morning’s panel on international internal investigations. The panel emphasized that one of the first issues for consideration after the discovery of potential misconduct by a…
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