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Was Gonzales Consistent About the Wiretapping Program
Four Democrat Senators sent a letter to Attorney General Alberto Gonzales (here) questioning the accuracy of testimony he gave in February 2006 about the Department of Justice’s position on the government’s warrantless wiretapping program. Former Deputy Attorney General James Comey testified before the Senate Judiciary Committee on May 15 about a hospital meeting in which…
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Confronting the White House Over the U.S. Attorney Firings
The Senate Judiciary Committee seems to be gearing up for a fight with the Administration over documents related to the firing of nine U.S. Attorneys in 2006. With Attorney General Alberto Gonzales having been haled up to Capitol Hill twice, with little to show for the hearings except a batch of unanswered questions, the Committee…
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Playing the Mutual Savings Bank Conversion Game
Former investment banker Bert Fingerhut entered a guilty plea and settled SEC civil charges related to a scheme to purchase shares in initial public offerings of mutual savings bank stock when they converted to publicly-traded companies. A mutual bank is owned by its depositors, and many of these banks have converted into corporations with shares…
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The Mess at Optionable Inc.
What started out as a squabble between a small natural gas options-trading firm and its biggest customer has ballooned into something a bit more sordid, especially for investors in the firm. Optionable Inc. operates an electronic trading system and the Bank of Montreal was its biggest customer, until it suffered over $400 million in trading…
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Prison Life for the White Collar Offender
Luke Mullins has an incredible piece on American.com titled Enter a Hellish Place. It is the prison story of a white collar offender from his initial entry into the system through his final release. (esp)
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Scholarly Assistance Request
Professor Paul Marcus from William & Mary, one of the leading criminal law scholars in the U.S., is seeking assistance in pursuing comparative criminal law research on white collar crime topics involving Scandanavian countries, particularly Sweden. Paul is a gifted scholar who also writes books that are quite helpful to those in practice, especially on…
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What Will Happen With the McNulty Memo?
Deputy Attorney General Paul McNulty’s resignation letter is a short three paragraphs (see WSJ here). As noted here, he is resigning to return to the private sector in order to pay tuition for college age children. But this raises some questions. First he doesn’t seem to have another job lined up to pay that college…
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Cross-Examination in the Conrad Black Trial
The Toronto Star tells of the cross-examination of the government’s star witness, David Radler. And there were no surprises in seeing the credibility of this witness being questioned. The issue for the jury will be to assess the testimony of this witness and determine whether it is truthful. The defense will argue that it is…
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Deputy AG McNulty Resigns
Deputy Attorney General Paul McNulty, the number two person in the Justice Department, resigned his position effective at the end of the summer. According to an AP story (here), the official reason is to pursue higher-paying opportunities in the private sector to pay for the college tuition of his children. Another reason advanced by aides,…
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SCOOTER Reaches Agreement With DOJ
According to a press release of the Department of Justice, The SCOOTER Store Inc reached an agreement with DOJ that calls for them to pay "$4 million, and give up many millions more in pending claims for reimbursement to Medicare, to settle allegations that the company violated the civil False Claims Act and defrauded the…
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