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In the News & Around the Blogosphere
Ed White, AP, Corruption Trial Opens for Former Detroit Mayor Reuters, Prosecutors probe Finmeccanica in corruption case Charles R.P. Puncy's article featured in Corporate Crime Reporter Patricia Hurtado, Bloomberg, Bharara Sees Schemes Grow as White-Collar Unit Turns 50 Mike Scarcella, BLT Blog, DOJ Career Prosecutor Mary Pat Brown to Join O'Melveny & Myers DOJ Press
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Deferred Prosecution Agreements – Definitely A Plus
On September 13th Assistant Attorney General Lanny A. Breuer spoke to the New York City Bar extolling the virtues of DOJ's strategy for corporate prosecutions (see here). Former co-blogger Peter Henning here, also authored an article which focuses on the use of deferred prosecution agreements by the government. One clearly has to credit the government with
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Abbe David Lowell to Receive 2013 White Collar Criminal Defense Award
Prominent white collar litigator Abbe David Lowell will receive the 2013 White Collar Criminal Defense Award during the NACDL White Collar Criminal Defense College program at Stetson University College of Law in Tampa Bay, Fla. The award, which honors individuals who have made a profound impact on the field of white collar criminal defense advocacy,
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Annual Scholarship Conference- October 19-20-Cleveland-Marshall College of Law
The Central States Law Schools Association 2012 Scholarship Conference will be held October 19 and 20, 2012 at the Cleveland-Marshall College of Law, in Cleveland, Ohio. We invite law faculty from across the country to submit proposals to present papers or works in progress. The purpose of CSLSA is to foster scholarly exchanges among law faculty
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Prosecutors As Collection Agents: A Disingenuous Artifice?
by: Solomon L. Wisenberg This front page story from Sunday's New York Times details the sleazy nationwide scam cooked up by debt collection agencies and local prosecutors to pry funds from American citizens through misleading, threatening letters. People who write bad checks are sent threatening letters signed by local district attorneys. In reality the district attorneys
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Strong Language to Court Clerk Leads to Jail
by: Lawrence S. Goldman Cursing has become a common part of the speech of many Americans, and the f-word is frequently used in its non-sexual meaning as a stronger substitute for "hell" to emphasize the speaker's extreme displeasure or anger, as in "get the f— off." However uncivil, even if used in inappropriate settings, the mere
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IRS Whistleblower Birkenfeld Hits The Jackpot
Reuters reports here on the astounding award. Yours truly and other luminaries are quoted. (wisenberg)
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Second Circuit Releases Magnum OBUS On Insider Trading
In SEC v. Obus (2d Cir. 2012), released yesterday, the Second Circuit provides a primer on insider trading law, with particular attention paid to tipper liability, tippee liability, and scienter. The Court also seeks to reconcile the supposed conflict between Dirks and Hochfelder with respect to the level of scienter that must be proved in
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Prosecutorial Overcharging is Not “Regular”
In an editorial published July 16, 2012 entitled "Trial Judge To Appeals Court: Review Me" (see here), the New York Times, in the wake of Judge John Kane's opinion discussed here last week (see here), rightly criticized standard plea waivers in federal court, especially those that preclude appeals based on attorney ineffectiveness or prosecutorial misconduct. The
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Penn State Faculty & Freeh Report
It doesn't seem like the Penn State faculty is happy with the NCAA's use of the Freeh report – See Robin Wilson, Chronicle of Higher Education, Penn State Faculty Leaders Attack NCAA's Use of Freeh Report(esp)
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