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New Scholarship – Overcriminalization 2.0: The Symbiotic Relationship Between Plea Bargaining and Overcriminalization
Lucian Dervan (Southern Illinois) has a new article titled, "Overcriminalization 2.0: The Symbiotic Relationship Between Plea Bargaining and Overcriminalization" that appears in George Mason's Journal of Law, Economics and Policy. The abstract states: "In discussing imperfections in the adversarial system, Professor Ribstein notes in his article entitled Agents Prosecuting Agents, that "prosecutors can avoid the
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Saudi Arabia-based Tamimi Global Company Ltd (TAFGA) Gets DPA
A DOJ Press Release here reports that "Saudi Arabia-based Tamimi Global Company Ltd (TAFGA) has agreed to pay the United States $13 million to resolve criminal and civil allegations that the company paid kickbacks to a Kellogg Brown & Root Inc. (KBR) employee and illegal gratuities to a former U.S. Army sergeant, in connection with contracts
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Eighth Circuit Affirms Rubashkin Case
One of the 2010 White Collar Crime Blog Awards went to the Sholom Rubashkin case. (see here). It gave it a "collar for the Case Most Needing Review – Sholom Rubashkin’s 27 year sentence." The Eighth Circuit has now reviewed that case, but unfortunately for Rubashkin, with a result that does not change its prior outcome.
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In the News & Around the Blogosphere
Benjamin Weiser, NYTimes, Former Hospital Chief Convicted of Offering Bribes to Albany Legislators Erin Meyer, Chicago Tribune, Lawyer gets 6 years for $2M worth of questionable billing to Calumet Park Walter Pavlo, Forbes, What Is A Fair Sentence for Raj Rajaratnam? UPI.com, Skilling files for Supreme Court review DOJ Press Release, Former Indianapolis City-County Councilman
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“Rogue Trader” – OUCH
UBS is having another "ouch" moment as the media is reporting on a rogue trader. The typical questions are - how could this have happened; why was it not discovered sooner; who should be held liable; and should there be criminal liability? It is too soon to answer many of these questions. But here are some
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New Scholarship – Public Perceptions of White Collar Crime Culpability: Drawing Lines Amid Moral Ambiguity
Stuart P. Green (Rutgers-Newark) and Matthew B. Kugler (Lehigh) have a new piece titled "Public Perceptions of White Collar Crime Culpability: Drawing Lines Amid Moral Ambiguity." The abstract states: "Although we are accustomed to thinking of "crime" as involving the most unambiguously blameworthy sorts of conduct in which citizens can engage, the reality is
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DOJ Hiring – What Constitutes Merit?
David Ingram, BLT Blog, Senator Wants Inquiry Into DOJ Civil Rights Hires has an interesting post on a request for an investigation of hiring practices at DOJ. DOJ hiring practices was an issue in a prior administration (see here, here, and here)(see also The Tainted Federal Prosecutor in an Overcriminalized Justice System). But this new request
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Maxim Healthcare Gets DPA
A DOJ Press Release here states that "Maxim Healthcare Services Inc., one of the nation’s leading providers of home healthcare services, has entered into a settlement to resolve criminal and civil charges relating to a nationwide scheme to defraud Medicaid programs and the Veterans Affairs program of more than $61 million." The Deferred Prosecution Agreement (DPA)
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New Scholarship – Reconsidering Antitrust Goals
Maurice E. Stucke (University of Tennessee) has a new piece titled Reconsidering Antitrust's Goals. The abstract of the piece provides in part: "This Article first summarizes the quest during the past 30 years for a single economic goal. It discusses why this quest failed. Four oft-cited economic goals (ensuring an effective competitive process, promoting consumer
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In the News & Around the Blogosphere
Milton J. Valencia & Martin Finucane, Boston.com, Former Mass. speaker DiMasi sentenced to 8 years on corruption charges DOJ Press Release, New York Stock Broker Sentenced to Prison in International Stock Fraud Scheme AP, TBO.com, Ex-mogul Conrad Black returns to prison in Fla. DOJ Press Release, CSK Auto Corporation Agrees to Pay $20.9 Million to
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