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White Collar Educators?
An article in the Chronicle of Higher Education is titled, "Idaho Attorney General Begins Investigation After Audit of University Research Center." (esp) (w/ a Stetson Hat Tip to Dean Darby Dickerson)
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Libby Case- What is Reasonable Doubt?
TalkLeft has a copy here of the latest notes sent out by jurors in the Libby case. So what is reasonable doubt? Defining reasonable doubt has been a subject of some controversy. It will be interesting to see the court’s response. It will be more interesting to see if the jury is able to reach…
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SOX Used for What?
The Sarbanes-Oxley Act is without doubt a controversial piece of legislation. Some have questioned whether the costs of compliance are too high for some businesses. But a new dimension has been added to this controversy – can/should SOX be used against an attorney for allegations of "destroying evidence in a child pornography investigation." Yes, the…
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International Pyramid Scheme
A press release of the US Attorney of Oregon, Karin J. Immergut, reports on a recent conviction of a North Carolina man "for his role in spearheading a pyramid scheme, which he promoted in 41 countries, causing more than 5,000 victims to lose a total of $4 million." He was convicted on 29 counts including…
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Federal Bar Association CLE
On May 11, 2007, the Federal Bar Association is hosting its fourth annual CLE event in New Orleans: The Big (not so) Easy: What Every Federal Criminal Law Practitioner Should Know. Attendees can register online by going here and clicking on the Calendar of Events. The Honorable Ricardo Hinojosa, Chair of the U.S. Sentencing Commission,…
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Georgetown Conference on Corporate Criminality
CORPORATE CRIMINALITY: LEGAL, ETHICAL, AND MANAGERIAL IMPLICATIONS Hosted by the Georgetown Business Ethics Institute, in partnership with the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, the Heritage Foundation, the US Chamber of Commerce’s Institute for Legal Reform, and the American Criminal Law Review …
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SEC Alleges Insider Trading in TXU Call Options
The SEC filed an insider trading case against unknown purchasers of TXU Corp. call options in another example of transactions in foreign accounts buying ahead of an acquisition. The deal to take TXU private by Kohlberg Kravis Roberts, Texas Pacific Group, and Goldman Sachs was announced on February 26, but the stock began rising the…
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Wall Street
In an article published in the Wall Street Journal (here), Daniel Henninger wrote: Thirty years ago on Wall Street, Salim "Sandy" Lewis was a household name. His father Salim co-built Bear Stearns, and he in turn made his reputation in the high-stakes corporate-merger cycle of the 1980s. He worked without legal or disciplinary taint until…
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The Heat Builds over Fired U.S. Attorneys
The Department of Justice’s decision to remove seven U.S. Attorneys from their positions for purported performance reasons just got more sticky with charges by former New Mexico U.S. Attorney David Iglesias that his termination may have been because he resisted political pressure to pursue more aggressively investigations of Democrats. A Washington Post story (here) details…
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Insider Trading Smackdown
Having been roundly criticized on Capitol Hill for perceived softness on insider trading, the SEC and U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York announced a set of indictments and civil fraud charges related to two insider trading schemes, involving a total of thirteen defendants, that allegedly netted over $8 million in total…
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