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NACDL’s 1st Annual West Coast White Collar Conference, “Turning The Tables On The Government” – “The Accidental Felon: Challenging The Expansion of the Willful Blindness Doctrine,” Friday, June 17, 2011
Guest Blogger: Darin Thompson, Assistant Federal Public Defender, Office of the Federal Public Defender (Cleveland,OH) One of two breakout sessions, two speakers (Timothy O’Toole and Professor Ellen S. Podgor) reviewed the ever-broadening scope of the willful blindness doctrine and proposed several defenses and counter-attacks to this brutally successful prosecutorial tactic. The speakers opened by discussing
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NACDL’s 1st Annual West Coast White Collar Conference, “Turning The Tables On The Government” – “Navigating the Wilderness of Mirrors: National Security Issues for the White Collar Lawyer,” Friday, June 17, 2011
Guest Blogger: Darin Thompson, Assistant Federal Public Defender, Office of the Federal Public Defender (Cleveland,OH) Day two of the seminar started with a discussion of the issues that arise when classified information is implicated in a white collar case. Led by John D. Cline, the panel consisted of Deborah Boardman, Matt Apuzzo (of the Associated
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NACDL’s 1st Annual West Coast White Collar Conference, “Turning The Tables On The Government” – “Finding the Line: Ethical Considerations When Contacting and Interviewing Witnesses,” Thursday, June 16, 2011
Guest Blogger: Darin Thompson, Assistant Federal Public Defender, Office of the Federal Public Defender (Cleveland,OH) Day One of the seminar concluded with a panel discussion of the various ethical pitfalls surrounding the interviewing of witnesses. Patrick Robbins moderated the discussion. The panel included Blair G. Brown, David Fechheimer, Nina J. Ginsberg, Marc S. Harris, and
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Will the “Blame the Man” Claim Help?
Danielle Chiesi, the Wall Street blond bombshell who gave new meaning to the term “insider trading” by extracting from sexual partners confidential information which she relayed to convicted inside traders Raj Rajaratnam and Mark Kurland, is reportedly seeking a downward variance from a Sentencing Guideline range of 37-46 months, in part because her wrongdoing resulted
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100 Years of White Collar Crime in ‘Twitter’
My forthcoming article in the University of Texas, Review of Litigation, is titled "100 Years of White Collar Crime in 'Twitter.'" It is available on SSRN here. The Abstract states: "Despite the fact that Twitter did not exist when the term “white collar crime” was coined in 1939, it is an interesting exercise to highlight the last
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Conferences – Lake Tahoe – NACDL White Collar Crime – Turning the Tables on the Government
June 16-17 – Lake Tahoe- First Annual West Coast White Collar Conference – Download West Coast WCC Brochure For more information and to register – here (esp)
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In the News & Around the Blogosphere
Mark Hamblett, law.com, NYLJ, Lawyer in Mortgage Fraud Is Sentenced to 5 Years (subscription required) Tracy Breton, Projo.com, RI exec cleared of corruption loses bid for $1.7M in legal fees1:55 PM GulfLive, AP, Federal judge may throw out convictions on ex-attorney, 2 former Harrison County judges DOJ Press Release, Florida Radiology Clinic and Former Owners to
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Civil Insider Trading – Monetary Penalties
Second Circuit holds in SEC v. Rosenthal – "civil monetary penalties for insider trading are not available under section 21(d)(3) of the Exchange Act." (esp)(hat tip to Lawrence S. Goldman)
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The Cost of Cooperation – Redux
Guest Blogger - Lawrence S. Goldman - Law Offices of Lawrence S. Goldman In her blog piece on June 5, 2011, Prof. Ellen Podgor asked, “[I]s the cost of cooperation worth it?” Her particular focus was on the suicide of a former Wall Street trader two days after a tape he had surreptitiously recorded as a government cooperator was
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In the News & Around the Blogosphere
Milton J. Valencia, Boston Globe, DiMasi lawyers seek case dismissal Gina Passarella, The Legal Intelligencer, law.com,Former CHOP GC Charged With Mail Fraud, Money Laundering Squire Sanders Continues to Expand Its Global White-Collar Defense Practice With Another Seasoned Fraud Prosecutor – Former Assistant US Attorney Thomas E. Zeno Brings More Than 25 Years of Experience in
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