White-Collar Crime
-
Biglaw, Crime, White-Collar Crime
5 Things You Need To Know About Biglaw Partner Evan Greebel's Arrest
What must you know about Evan Greebel, and the case against him, to be an up-to-date guest at your next holiday cocktail hour? -
White-Collar Crime
The DEA's Delusion Of Post 9/11 Grandeur
When democracy changes its priorities, agencies have to make stuff up to justify their budgets. - Sponsored
The Business Case For AI At Your Law Firm
ChatGPT ushers in the age of generative AI – even for law firms. -
Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 12.15.15
* Bill Cosby files suit against 7 women who accused him of sexual assault, because accusers say the darnedest things. [BBC News]
* NY to 193!!! If you’re a state judge. Maybe. [NY Daily News]
* Bowe Bergdahl faces court-martial for desertion. It’s like Saving Private Ryan meets Earnest Goes To Fort Leavenworth. [NY Times]
* Jury convicts the Bryan Cave attorney accused of fraud in an effort to take over Maxim magazine. [NY Post]
* A Missouri lawmaker proposes a bill to strip athletes of scholarships if they refuse to play because one possible scrap of power for black people hasn’t been regulated yet. [Huffington Post]
* Rather than accept the $200 million judgment against Andrews Kurth, a Texas judge orders the parties back to mediation. [Law360]
* Putin signs law allowing Russia to overturn international human rights decisions in a move that, frankly, I’m surprised wasn’t taken years ago. [Reuters]
-
White-Collar Crime
A Proposal To Do Something About Mass Shootings
What if we had a whole federal agency committed to firearms? Oh wait, we do! -
Biglaw, Dewey & LeBoeuf
Pissed Prosecutors To Retry Dewey & LeBoeuf Defendants
Perhaps this time around, prosecutors will get lucky and draw a jury that'll be able to get a better grasp on the complicated financial charges involved in this case. -
White-Collar Crime
Motions To Dismiss For Everyone!
We can do a lot to reform the criminal justice system with one simple step. -
White-Collar Crime
DOJ Identifies The Most Important Problem With Our Criminal Justice System And Takes Action
The DOJ isn't having any of your petty concerns. -
White-Collar Crime
A Child Pornography Puzzle
When lawyers find child pornography in a document review, the law doesn't provide any easy answers. - Sponsored
Navigating Financial Success by Avoiding Common Pitfalls and Maximizing Firm Performance
In this CLE-eligible webinar, we’ll explore the most common accounting pitfalls and how to avoid them for your firm. -
Crime, White-Collar Crime
Do Prosecutors Have Too Much Power?
Watch experts debate the pressing question of prosecutorial power. -
Federal Government, Job Searches, Securities and Exchange Commission, U.S. Attorneys Offices
8 Tips For Getting Into -- And Out Of -- A Job As A Federal Government Lawyer
Here's some helpful advice for lawyers interested in working as AUSAs or at the SEC. -
Supreme Court, White-Collar Crime
Scalia Is A Tease
The Justice Scalia you hear at oral argument isn't always the Justice Scalia you get in the opinion. -
Crime, Quote of the Day, Trials
Sheldon Silver's Attorneys Don't Think Much Of The Case Against Their Client
These attorneys tell us what they really think about the government's case. -
Crime, White-Collar Crime
The Logic Of Law Enforcement Investigations
There's no meaningful set of rules constraining how law enforcement authorities start investigating a case -- but there ought to be.
Sponsored
The Business Case For AI At Your Law Firm
Legal AI: 3 Steps Law Firms Should Take Now
Is The Future Of Law Distributed? Lessons From The Tech Adoption Curve
Sponsored
Navigating Financial Success by Avoiding Common Pitfalls and Maximizing Firm Performance
Early Adopters Of Legal AI Gaining Competitive Edge In Marketplace
-
Books, Movies, U.S. Attorneys Offices, White-Collar Crime
The Bonfire Of The Vanities: A Conversation With Preet Bharara And Tom Wolfe
An enjoyable evening with a prominent prosecutor and one of the nation's greatest writers. -
White-Collar Crime
Weed And White-Collar Crime
Prosecutorial discretion swings both ways and that can be a problem. -
Job Searches, White-Collar Crime
Life After Being An AUSA
The job prospects of a "former federal prosecutor" aren't as glided as you might expect. -
White-Collar Crime
Mass Shootings, Mass Incarceration, And American Greatness; Or, Are We Great Because We're Horrible?
America's triumphs and tragedies may be connected. -
Biglaw, Dewey & LeBoeuf, White-Collar Crime
Partial Verdict Announced In Dewey & LeBoeuf Criminal Trial
Dewey think they're guilty? Let's see what the jury had to say. -
White-Collar Crime
The Senate Criminal Justice Reform Bill Is Here! (And It’s Disappointing)
Can Congress even capable of passing criminal justice reform? Let alone meaningful criminal justice reform? -
White-Collar Crime
Schadenfreude is Bad Public Policy
If prison is a bad option for so many people, why is there a call for throwing more executives in prison.