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Washington Legal Foundation Program on Andersen
WLF June 9 media briefing focuses on fallout from Andersen ruling. The Washington Legal Foundation (WLF) will be holding a panel discussion on Thursday, June 9 from 9:00-10:00 a.m. on the Andersen decision. Our panel of experts, moderated by former Attorney General Dick Thorburgh, will analyze the Court’s reasoning and assess the ruling’s broader implications…
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Quattrone Reply Brief Says It All
The Quattrone Reply (Download reply_brief.doc) Brief is powerful. As posted here, it incorporates the Andersen decision. Omitting one footnote, the first paragraph reads as follows: "The government’s brief is an effort to weave a rope of sand, and to imbue a trial with evidentiary substance and procedural fairness when it was sorely lacking in both.…
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Alberto Vilar Spends More Time in Jail While His Amerindo Investment Advisers Teeters on the Brink
Arts patron and investment adviser Alberto Vilar (nee Albert Vilar, originally from West Orange, NJ) spent his second weekend in jail after not being able to meet a reduced $4 million in bail for release on securities fraud charges. Vilar was arrested on Thursday, May 26, at the Newark airport on a warrant for allegedly…
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Bristol-Myers Reportedly Will Settle Accounting Investigation with DOJ
The Wall Street Journal reports (here) that Bristol-Myers Squibb will settle a long-running criminal investigation of its accounting related to channel stuffing by paying $300 million and entering into a deferred prosecution agreement with the Department of Justice. On May 10, the company issued a press release stating that it had increased its litigation reserve…
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What Happens to Quattrone After Andersen?
The reversal by the Supreme Court of the conviction against Arthur Andersen should have those with recent section 1512 convictions checking the jury instructions to see if they match the instructions given in the Andersen case. (see more here and here) Not surprisingly, Frank Quattrone appears to be the first in line. (Bloomberg News reports…
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New Article by Geraldine Moohr
On SSRN you will find a new white collar crime article authored by Professor Geraldine Moohr of Houston. The article in volume 7 of the Buffalo Criminal Law Review, is titled: "Prosecutorial Power in an Adversial System: Lessons from Current White Collar Cases." In part the abstract states: "A comparison of the roles of American…
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White Collar Crime Blog Featured in NYTimes
Today’s NYTimes here features this white collar crime blog in the column "What’s Online." It provides the commentary on the Court’s opinion in Arthur Andersen by co-editor Peter Henning. (esp)
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Ohio Coin Dealer’s Campaign Contributions Being Investigated
Tom Noe, a Toledo (OH) rare coin dealer whose investments on behalf of the Ohio Bureau of Workers Compensation have come under scrutiny because approximately $10-12 million worth of collectible coins are missing (see earlier post here), is now the subject of a federal grand jury investigation for possible campaign contribution violations. An AP story…
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Applause for USA in Detroit
In a rare move, the United States Attorney in Detroit, has informed the court that it does not want to proceed on felony charges "against a state senator and a county realtor. See Detroit News here. Co-editor Peter Henning is quoted in the article, praising the prosecutor. It takes guts for a prosecutor to say…
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Deep Throat “Probably” Will Not Be Prosecuted
An AP story (here) quotes Attorney General Alberto Gonzales as stating that W. Mark Felt probably will not be prosecuted for his disclosures as "Deep Throat" to Washington Post reporters Woodward and Bernstein. Gonzales noted that the DOJ "has a lot of other priorities." Imagine prosecuting a 91-year-old man for helping to bring down a…
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