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Charges Brought for Computer Attacks on Competitors’ Websites
The U.S. Attorney for New Jersey filed a criminal complaint alleging that Jason Arabo, who owns an online sportswear company specializing in throwback sports jerseys, hired a New Jersey juvenile (who was not identified by name) to undertake a computer attack on the websites of competitors. According to a press release issued by the USAO,
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Review of Martha’s Sentence
Martha Stewart’s sentence was sent back to the lower court for review. This is separate from the appeal of her case, with several appellate issues that are still to be ruled on by a panel in the Second Circuit. The fact that the sentence was sent back for review is not unique to her case,
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Rowland Sentenced
Former Governor of Connecticut, John G. Rowland, was sentenced to "one year and one day in prison, four months home confinement and three years of probation." For more see the AP story here. More more details on this case, see this post. (esp)
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Ebbers & Stewart – Different Perceptions
Is there a difference in the way the public is treating the convictions in the Bernard Ebbers case and the Martha Stewart case? And if so, why is that? Check out the poll in the Wall Street Journal regarding the Ebbers verdict –here. Yet note the response on the Martha Stewart case- here, here, and
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Former KBR (Halliburton) Employee Makes the Blog
Jurist alerts us that "US Indicts Former Halliburton Subsidiary Employee for Fraud." So what’s it all about? Well, it seems that "Assistant Attorney General Christopher A. Wray of the Criminal Division and U.S. Attorney Jan Paul Miller of the Central District of Illinois announced today that two men," one a former employee of "Kellogg, Brown
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Oral Argument in the Martha Stewart Case and Payment of Legal Fees
It looks like Martha Stewart may not be paying the entire cost of the legal problems that she faced. Check out the CNN story here. When someone in corporate America is under investigation, under indictment, or just appearing as a witness before a grand jury, it isn’t always the case that they are footing their
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Environmental Case
Looks like Detroit is doing a cleanup — The Department of Justice reports that "former Vice President of the City Environmental facility in Detroit, formerly owned by Texas-based U.S. Liquids, Inc., was sentenced today to 27 months imprisonment and a fine of $60,000, after pleading guilty to felony violations of the Clean Water Act (CWA)
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Ebbers Revisited
This morning’s Wall Street Journal has a wonderful article describing the commentary by the jury on the trial and the deliberation. According to the article it did not come down to Sullivan versus Ebbers, but rather the paper in the trial – – that is the documents. This may actually make it a more interesting
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J.P. Morgan Succumbs and Agrees to Pay $2 Billion in WorldCom Securities Fraud Class Action
The last of the bond underwriters, J.P. Morgan, threw in the towel the day before jury selection was to start in the WorldCom securities fraud class action by agreeing to pay $2 billion. That brings the tally to approximately $6 billion paid by a slew of investment banks that brought WorldCom bonds and stock to
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The Scrushy Trial Continues
What is the effect of the Ebbers verdict on the trial of former HealthSouth chief, Richard Scrushy? (See the Wall Street Journal here) Unlike the Ebbers trial, that matched Scott Sullivan against Bernard Ebbers, the trial of Richard Scrushy, former HealthSouth chief, has a list of witnesses pointing the finger at him. Most recently we
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