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Lawyer Convicted
Newsday (AP) reports that an Atlanta lawyer was convicted in a "pump and dump" securities case following a trial in which he represented himself. (esp)
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New Blog – Audit Trail
The White Collar Crime Blog welcomes Audit Trail to the blogshere. (esp & ph)
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Gonzales Matter Continues
The Attorney General "firings" is not losing press coverage. The most recent revelation is reported by Murry Waas in the National Journal in an article titled "Secret Order By Gonzales Delegated Extraordinary Powers to Aides." (esp)(w/a hat tip to Jack King)
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Wittig to Face Third Trial
According to the Topeka Capital-Journal here, prosecutors have decided to proceed with a case against former CEO of Westar Energy, David Wittig, and former executive vice-president Douglas Lake. The first trial was a mistrial. The second trial, which resulted in a conviction, was reversed by the appellate court. Wittig had received a sentence of 18…
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Conrad Black Trial Continues
Conrad Black’s trial continued today. For some updates on the trial of the former head of Hollinger International, check out MacLeans here. Richard Siklos of the NYTimes reports on a contentious cross-examination that occurred today. It sounds like a common cross-examination scenario may have played out — what could the witness actually remember, was her…
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NACDL White Collar Crime Conference – Part III
Stephanie Martz, White Collar Crime Project Director at the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers (NACDL), guest blogs a six part series on the recent White Collar Crime Track at the NACDL Cincinnati Conference: Session 3: Sentencing Update – White Collar Amy Baron-Evans, Sentencing Resource Counsel for the Federal Defenders, did a terrific presentation on…
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Sixth Conviction in P2P Case
A Department of Justice press release reports that "[a] sixth defendant has pleaded guilty in connection with Operation D-Elite, the first criminal enforcement action targeting individuals committing copyright infringement on a peer-to-peer (P2P) network using BitTorrent technology." The release states that: "Operation D-Elite targeted leading members of a technologically sophisticated P2P network known as Elite…
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An Appearance of Impropriety
When a judge has a potential conflict, or when there is even an appearance of impropriety, one often finds the judge recusing him or herself from the case. But this time it isn’t a judge, and we also are not seeing a recusal. Rather, we are seeing a full announcement of an investigation by the…
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Bush Official Resigns – Call-Girl Scandal
Yahoo News reports of a recent resignation of a Bush official titling the article, Bush Official Resigns Over Escort Links. (esp)
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NACDL White Collar Crime Conference – Part II
Stephanie Martz, White Collar Crime Project Director at the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers (NACDL), guest blogs a six part series on the recent White Collar Crime Track at the NACDL Cincinnati Conference: Panel II was on "Parallel Proceedings." Barry Pollack of Kelly Drye Collier Shannon LLP, also an NACDL board member, moderated. He…
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