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In the News & Around the Blogosphere
George Bennett, Palm Beach Post, Behind the razor wire with contrite Mary McCarty: 'I took my life for granted. I had a wonderful life. And I blew it' Laura Olson, Pisttsburgh Post-Gazette, 2 former Perzel aides plead guilty in GOP corruption case DOJ Press Release, Four Individuals Convicted in $4.7 Million Louisiana Medicare Fraud Scheme
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In the News & Around the Blogosphere
Nathan Koppel, WSJ Blog, Alleged Juror Misconduct Surfaces in Daugerdas Case; Mark Hamblett, NYLJ, Tax Shelter Defense Seeks New Trial Over Juror's Hidden Identity KPMG Report on Fraudsters David Abel, Boston.com, Arroyo cleared in fraud verdict Zack Needles, Legal Intelligencer, Ciavarella Sentenced to 28 Years in Prison – Former Judge Was One of the Key Figures
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Supreme Court Update
High B. Kaplan and Tom P. Taylor do a wonderful review of this past Supreme Court term in BNA's Criminal Law Reporter. They include discussion of the Global-Tech decision. It is titled, "Prosecutors, Scholars,and Defense Lawyers Pick Most Important Decisions of Last Term." Reproduced with permission from Criminal Law Reporter, 89 CRL 698(8/10/2011). Copyright 2011 byThe
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Foreign Discovery in Criminal Cases
NACDL is having a live stream today (August 16th) from 2-4 p.m. to its live program on Foreign Discovery in Criminal Cases. For information, see here. (esp)
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Should Strauss-Kahn Be Prosecuted?
I write again about the non-white collar case of Dominique Strauss-Kahn because that case in many ways provides a primer on many criminal justice issues which arise in white-collar cases. The principal issue on the table is the most basic one in all criminal cases – whether or not to prosecute. That decision has been
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SEC’s Dodd-Frank Whistleblower Regulations Take Effect Today. Corporate America Expects More FCPA Woes.
Politico has a story about it here. The new regs implement Section 21F of the Dodd-Frank Act, which authorizes the SEC to award 10 to 30 percent of the monetary sanctions it recovers in a given case to a qualified whistleblower. What seems to most annoy the business community about the implementing regs is the SEC's insistence that whistleblowers are under no
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Family Week for Insider Trading Actions
Last week was Family Week for insider trading actions. Two highly-publicized cases concerned the disclosure and misuse of inside information received from a close relative — one a spouse, the other a parent. Both cases implicate the question of whether disclosure of confidential information to a close relative should form the basis of a criminal
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In the News & Around the Blogopshere
DOJ Press Release, UBS Client Pleads Guilty to Filing False Tax Return – Agrees to Pay $6.8 Million to the U.S. Treasury Department Sheri Qualters, National LJ, 1st Circuit won't rehear case seeking congressional representation for Puerto Rico Mike Scarcella, BLT Blog, Former House Official Sentenced To Brief Jail Stint Harvey Silverglate, Forbes, “How
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What’s Happening in Congress – Clean Up Government Act & FCPA
It isn't all about the budget. And perhaps this one is ironic in many ways. But there have been some interesting hearings that are well worth noting. NACDL has a press release on the "Clean Up the Government Act" here. Also they have a Section-by-Section Analysis of the Clean Up the Government Act of 2011
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Upcoming Conferences
NACDL, 7th Annual Defending the White Collar Case, September 22-23, 2011, NYC ABA, Foreign Corrupt Practices Act 2011, October 27-28, 2011, DC ABA, Sixth Annual National Institute on Securities Fraud, Nov. 3-4, 2011, New Orleans (esp)
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