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Corruption Indictment II
A post last Friday, Nov. 12, discussed the indictment of former Georgia School Superintendent Linda Schrenko on mail fraud and theft of government property charges. A copy of the indictment is at the following link: Download schrenko_indictment.pdf .
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Whistleblower Protection
One of the many changes made by the Sarbanes-Oxley Act was the enactment of specific protections for corporate whistleblowers. While the role of whistleblowers, such as Enron’s Sherron Watkins, were much celebrated, this aspect of the Act has received relatively little attention, at least until now. According to an AP story, two leading senators, Charles
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Identity Theft
A story in the Christian Science Monitor discusses a disturbing problem caused by courts that make records available online. According to the article: Public records held at the county clerk’s office or city hall have always been available for public scrutiny, but to access them you needed to turn up in person between 8:30 a.m.
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Spitzer’s Next Shoe
New York Attorney General Elliot Spitzer dropped another shoe from his closet on an insurance company, although it was not Aon Corp., about which there was some speculation when Spitzer announced that another suit was coming on Friday morning (Nov. 12). This time, the target is Universal Life Resources (ULR), which is a San Diego-based
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Marsh Mac Fallout
New York Attorney General Elliot Spitzer’s suit against Marsh & McLennan, filed on October 14, 2004, has triggered a near avalanche of federal and state investigations of insurance companies and their various practices ranging from the sale (and accounting for) sophisticated financial products to the submission of fake bids to give the appearance of competition.
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Corruption Indictment
An article in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution (Nov. 11) discusses the indictment of the former Georgia School Superintendent Linda Schrenko, a one-time rising star in the Georgia Republican Party who ran for governor in the 2002 Republican primary, losing to now-Governor Perdue. In 1994, Schrenko was the first woman to be elected to a statewide office
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What Do They Teach in Law School Anyway
A short article at Law.Com (courtesy of Paul Caron) reports on a new course being offered by the Faculty of Law at the Universita degli Studi Roma Tre in Italy that looks at the history and development of the Mafia. The course drew an enrollment of 500 students for the first day. The article notes
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The Best Way to Rob a Bank
There is an old adage that the best way to rob a bank is to work for it. As long as you’re going to work for the "bank" the best place to conduct the crime may be to work in the security department, at least when you look at the following story about an attempt
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Martha Stewart’s Legal Bills
Who Should Pay Martha Stewart’s Legal Bills? CCN Money, in an article titled "Martha Asks for Help With Legal Bills," tells how Martha Stewart has filed a claim with her company "for 3.7 million for help with her legal bills. The claims relates to a charge that was dismissed by the court. The charge relates
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High Court Hears Pasquantino Case
The Supreme Court heard oral arguments this week in the case of Pasquantino v. United States. This is a wire fraud (18 U.S.C. 1343) case emanting from the Fourth Circuit. The defendants "were convicted of using interstate wires for the purpose of executing a scheme to defraud Canada and the Province of Ontario of excise
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