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2011 White Collar Crime Awards Each year this blog has honored individuals and organizations for their work in the white collar crime arena by bestowing "The Collar" on those who deserve praise, scorn, acknowledgment, blessing, curse, or whatever else might be appropriate. I welcome comments from readers who would like to suggest additional categories or
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UK Bribery Act Decision Tree & Anti Bribery Chart
T. Markus Funk has two new extraordinary charts – a UK Bribery Act chart (Download FlowChart_UKBriberyAct_Draft7_Blue) and a chart that compares between the UK, US, German, Chinese, and India's anti-corruption laws (Download Anti Bribery Chart). Thanks for sharing these. (esp)
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New Cert Petition Filed in Skilling – Interesting Question
Jeffrey Skilling is trying for a second shot with the Supreme Court. On November 28, 2011 he filed a cert petition with the Court (see here). The questions presented are: 1. Whether Neder permits a court conducting a harmless-error analysis in the context of an "alternative theory" case to consider only the strength of the
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In Memoriam: Robert G. Morvillo (1938-2011)
Leading white collar practitioner Robert G. Morvillo passed away. His firm notes here. The NYTimes has an article here. Contributing blog editor Lawrence S. Goldman writes, "If I had ever been investigated by the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York, I would have hired Bob Morvillo. In the current world, where many defense
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Judge James B. Zagel: Out Of Order In Blagojevich Case Comments
Hat tip to Scott Greenfield of Simple Justice for his outstanding post on Judge James B. Zagel's unfortunate public criticisms of one of Rod Blagojevich's criminal defense attorneys, Lauren Kaeseberg. Kaeseberg had the temerity to file a post-judgment Emergency Motion For Evidentiary Hearing Regarding Potential Juror Misconduct, based on news reports that the Blagojevich jury foreperson was publicly displaying her juror
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Professor Larry Ribstein Will Be Missed
The passing of Professor Larry Ribstein is being noted on many blogs (see here, here, here, and here)(See also University of Illinois College of Law notice here). As it should be. He was an extraordinary scholar and a welcomed and strong member of the academic blogosphere. His Ideoblog housed some of the best entries on overcriminalization
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Happy Holidays
Wishing everyone a happy, healthy, and peaceful holiday. (esp)
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Yes, Virginia: You Can Fight And Win FCPA Cases!
Just in time for the holidays, Judge Leon has thrown out all conspiracy counts against the second set of defendants on trial in the African Sting case. Leon's ruling resulted in the outright acquittal of Stephen Girodanella who was only charged in the conspiracy count. Tom Schoenberg of Bloomberg.com has the story here. The first African Sting case
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Deputy Director of the Public Defender Service for the District of Columbia (PDS) – Vacancy Announcement
Vacancy Announcement for the position of Deputy Director of the Public Defender Service for the District of Columbia – Download PDS Deputy Director FINAL (esp)
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Big, Bold, and Bizarre: the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act Enters a New Era – New Scholarship
Check out Professor Mike Koehler's new article on the FCPA here – In 2010, Justice Department Assistant Attorney General Lanny Breuer proclaimed "a new era of FCPA enforcement; and we are here to stay." This new era has already witnessed several developments worthy of discussion and examination. In Part I of this article, I agree
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