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Another Grand Jury Secrecy Leak Investigataion
On top of the investigation in San Francisco into the leak of secret grand jury testimony leaked to the San Francisco Chronicle comes word that U.S. District Court Judge T.S. Ellis has ordered the Department of Justice to investigate whether confidential information was leaked to the press about the impending indictment of two lobbyists subsequently…
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Stay Out of Trouble, Get a Check for $120 Million
Remember when Lee Iacocca was trying to save Chrysler by initiating the first rebate program with the tag-line, "Buy a car, get a check"? After entering into a deferred prosecution agreement that will result in the dismissal of all charges after one year, former star investment banker Frank Quattrone may be looking at a $120…
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A Tangled Options-Timing Web
The options-timing investigations that have ensnared numerous companies call into question the oversight role of the board of directors at the organizations. The Wall Street Journal reports (here) that KB Home, the Los Angeles home building giant, has initiated an internal investigation into some "propitiously timed" stock options granted to CEO Bruce Karatz, who was…
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Is This A White Collar Crime?
The Wall Street Jrl reports here that "[a] former mailroom employee at J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. pleaded guilty to a conspiracy charge in connection with the theft of more than $100 million in corporate checks from a "lockbox" facility in Brooklyn." So the question here is whether this is a white collar crime –…
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What Are People Saying About the Quattrone Resolution?
Some of the reporting on the Quattrone resolution here– AP here; Business Week here; LATimes here; NYTimes here; TalkLeft here; USA Today here; Wall Street Jrl here Washington Post here – All in all – is there something beneficial coming from this case? – Yes – – Quattrone will be continuing his work with an…
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Quattrone Gets a Deferred Prosecution
The Frank Quattrone case is essentially resolved. The government and accused have entered into a deferred prosecution agreement and the court has signed off on this agreement. (See Peter Lattman at the Wall Street Jrl Blog here) Some thoughts on the agreement here. This is a superb resolution for both Frank Quattrone and the government.…
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The Vegas Corruption Cases
The Las Vegas Review Journal reports here that "Former Clark County Commissioner Dario Herrera was sentenced to 50 months in prison" and "Former Clark County Commissioner Mary Kincaid-Chauncey was sentenced this morning to 30 months in prison." Some white collar offenders are not being given significant breaks in the sentence. For example, prosecutors in the…
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Another Prof on a White Collar Case
Yet another professor is entering the practical world. According to the Wall Street Journal Law Blog here, Professor Joseph Grundfest of Stanford Law School, is helping out in the Jamie Olis case. And he is doing it pro bono. Peter Lattman, the author of the post, discusses the key issue of this case – how…
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Professors Jeff Fisher & Doug Berman Part of Bill Campbell’s Appellate Team
According to the Atlanta Jrl Constitution here, Professor Jeff Fisher (who represented the defendants in cases such as Blakely and Crawford) and Professor Doug Berman (editor of the Sentencing Law & Policy Blog here) have agreed to assist Decatur attorney Mawuli Davis on Campbell’s appeal. Former Atlanta Mayor Bill Campbell, unlike so many others convicted…
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Even Libby Can’t Get All the Discovery He Wants
"Scooter" Libby, scheduled for trial in January, is having a problem getting some of the discovery material he wants for this trial. The issue he faces is common in cases of espionage and sometimes terrorism, but this particular problem is rarely seen in the white collar case. The problem, according to the Wall Street Jrl.…
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