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More Crime or More Prosecutions?
An interesting article by Eduardo Porter, entitled More Corporate Crime, or Just Prosecutions?, appeared in Sunday’s New York Times Week in Review section (Oct. 31, 2004) (forwarded by Professor Jerry Israel). The article considers the following: But is the flood tide of scandals evidence of a flood tide of malfeasance? Economists have their doubts. Chicanery
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Election Crimes
With the Presidential Election almost upon us, there has been much talk about voters being intimidated or otherwise interfered with while trying to vote. Because it is a federal election, 18 U.S.C. § 594 applies, which provides: Whoever intimidates, threatens, coerces, or attempts to intimidate, threaten, or coerce, any other person for the purpose of
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Spinning Spitzer
The current round of investigations into corporate wrongdoing being led by New York Attorney General Elliot Spitzer, this time involving the insurance industry, includes an interesting sidelight in how one public relations firm tried rather unsuccessfully to turn the tide against Spitzer. According to a report in Friday’s Wall Street Journal (Oct. 29, 1994), American
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Up and Running
Welcome to the White Collar Crime Prof Blog. Starting on Monday, November 1, 2004, Professors Ellen Podgor and Peter Henning will make daily postings on issues related to White Collar Crime. The Blog will discuss current investigations and indictments, criminal and civil enforcement cases, and issues related to the scope of the criminal law. Welcome.
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