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The Role of Internal Investigations
When a company has issues with government regulators, cooperation can often be crucial is determining what path the investigation will take. Will it involve indictments, will there be civil penalties, or will nothing happen. One aspect of this cooperation is often involves the company doing their own internal investigation. Obviously, an internal investigation can also
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Global Issues
Jurist reports that " French court upholds Soros’ insider trading conviction." One of the problems with operating in a global market is the difficulty of figuring out all the rules and policies that apply. Maybe that is the problem here, or maybe its a situation that some complicated transactions need to be reevaluated by a
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Kozlowski’s Legal Fees Covered by Insurance
As Tyco’s former chief executive’s trial continues, one can only imagine the increasing attorney fee bill. At least one headache is off of Dennis Kozlowski’s mind, although perhaps not permanently, in that a New York Supreme Court Appellate Court ruled 5-0 that an insurance company had to foot the attorney fee bill. Reimbursement may be
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This is Getting Taxing
Professor Paul Caron of the Tax Blog has a wonderful listing of some of the recent indictments and convictions on tax cases. See here. (esp)
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What Does the 5th Amendment Mean?
Our post of March 22, 2005 was titled the"Assertion of the Fifth Amendment Leads to Firing of Two AIG Executives." We predicted that the focus on AIG chair, Maurice "Hank" Greenberg would be heightened as a result of these current events. It is not surprising, therefore, to see the Wall Street Journal reporting today that
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Plea in Ponzi Scheme
When a judge says, "NO," it may be wise the listen. Going to another country and doing the same thing you were doing before, and the same thing a judge told you not to do, may make matters worse. It sounds simple, but sometimes is isn’t. At least not for the individual who "pleaded guilty
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More Tax
Until April 15, this blog title is likely to be common, as the IRS and DOJ join together to see what they can do to encourage the filing and payment of taxes on April 15th. But this one is a bit different. Instead of the focus being on the taxpayer, it is on the tax
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Detroit Terror Defendant Sentenced to Six Months for Insurance Fraud
The prosecution of Ahmed Hannan, one of the four defendants in the so-called Detroit Terror trial that resulted in the government requesting dismissal of the terrorism charges and admitting it did not have sufficient evidence to pursue the case, ended with his being sentenced to six months for an attempted insurance fraud. After the government
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Lord Black Is the Target of a Criminal Investigation
Lord Conrad Black, the former controlling shareholder of Hollinger International Inc., a multinational media company (including the Chicago Sun-Times), is the target of a federal criminal investigation by the U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Illinois (Chicago). The SEC filed a civil fraud suit against Black and Hollinger last November (SEC complaint here) alleging
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Perjury Problems for Barry Bonds?
While current and former baseball players were testifying — even while not answering questions — before the House Government Reform Committee last week, a woman who claims she had a long-term relationship with Barry Bonds was testifying before a federal grand jury in San Francisco in connection with the BALCO prosecution that is still pending.
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