White-Collar Crime
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Crime, Police, White-Collar Crime
Why Blue-Collar Criminal Problems Are White-Collar Criminal Problems
There’s a cultural shift happening in our law enforcement communities, and that shift matters to folks doing white-collar criminal work as much as blue-collar criminal work. -
Tax Law, White-Collar Crime
Tax Fraud, Tax Protestors, and the Most Awesome Willfulness Doctrine in Federal Criminal Law Today
The full tapestry of wacko tax fraud theories is a lovely thing to behold.... - Sponsored
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Legal Ethics, U.S. Attorneys Offices, White-Collar Crime
Did An AUSA Knowingly Produce a Forged Document Just to Get a Forfeiture Judgment?
A "reproduction" is the same as "just making up stuff on a home computer," right?
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Attorney Misconduct, Canada, Celebrities, Entertainment Law, Legal Ethics, Theater, White-Collar Crime
The View From Up North: Phantom Of The Opera Disbarred
How did Canada's most famous lawyer (now ex-lawyer) wind up in prison? -
Department of Justice, White-Collar Crime
DOJ Says They Can No Longer Afford To Respect The Attorney-Client Privilege
The DOJ really knows how to make the Sixth Amendment come alive! -
Biglaw, Crime, Dewey & LeBoeuf, Jury Duty, White-Collar Crime
New York Is A Great Place To Be Indicted
What protections do criminal defendants enjoy in New York state court that they don't get on the federal side? -
Biglaw, Golf, Insider Trading, Partner Issues, Securities and Exchange Commission, White-Collar Crime
Biglaw Partner Charged With Insider Trading On The Golf Course
Caddyshack meets Wall Street as golfing buddies -- including a pair of lawyers -- are accused of insider trading. -
Baseball, Basketball, Environment / Environmental Law, LSAT, Non-Sequiturs, White-Collar Crime, Women's Issues
Non-Sequiturs: 07.11.14
* For all you surprised by LeBron James, let me remind you: Cleveland is all about two non-consecutive stints. [Wikipedia] * Speaking of basketball, Mitchell Epner takes his talents to CNBC to breakdown the 5 things he learned during the first week of the Donald Sterling trial. [CNBC] * Who is the Litigator of the Week, per Litigation Daily? It’s Daniel Gitner of Lankler Siffert & Wohl because he became the first lawyer to beat the S.D.N.Y. U.S.A.O. in an insider trading case. Also because he’s awesome. Pardon me while I put on my LSW shirt. [The Litigation Daily (sub. req.)] * Hey! Take a second to take our latest law firm survey. We really want your feedback on your perception. [Above the Law] * “5 Reasons the Sleeping Yankees Fan’s Lawyer Should Be Disbarred.” Fair enough. [Internet on Trial] * Will the EPA’s latest carbon rule survive judicial challenge? I would have said “no” but after Homer City… [Breaking Energy] * Do blondes make more money? I guess that’s the trade-off with being the focus of revenge porn. [The Careerist / American Lawyer] * Aereo is back. Sort of. [Comm Law Blog] * A former Patton partner lost his new job at Pillsbury over the Chevron case. Could anybody have suffered more over this case? Oh, right, all the Ecuadorians. [Legal Times] * While you weren’t looking, even fewer people took the LSAT. Obviously. [LSAC] - Sponsored
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2nd Circuit, Insider Trading, S.D.N.Y., Securities and Exchange Commission, U.S. Attorneys Offices, Wall Street, White-Collar Crime
The Trouble With Insider Trading Prosecutions
It turns out the law in this area is something of a mess. -
4th Circuit, Crime, S.D.N.Y., White-Collar Crime
Attempted Cannibalism and Furthering Jihad: Two Views of Intent in a Criminal Conspiracy
A jury is most likely to find people guilty the more they’re doing something that the jurors themselves think of as not funny and, in fact, really quite repugnant. -
Bankruptcy, Biglaw, Dewey & LeBoeuf, Election Law, FTC, Legal Ethics, Morning Docket, Sexual Harassment, White-Collar Crime
Morning Docket: 07.02.14
* The New York Court of Appeals put the hurt on defunct firms seeking unfinished business fees from former partners who left for greener pastures. Sorry, I didn’t follow ATL protocol: “Dewey think firms should collect unfinished business fees?” [Wall Street Journal Law Blog]
* We reported on the Tinder lawsuit yesterday. Here’s a collection of all the messed up texts involved. [Valleywag]
* Facebook’s lawyer is now calling the emotional manipulation study it recently conducted “customer service.” Dear Internet: Despite all your rage, you’re still just rats in a cage. [The Atlantic]
* So if you’re studying for the MPRE, blow jobs aren’t the preferred legal fee. [Legal Profession Blog]
* How did your last cell phone bill look? Because the FTC says T-Mobile knowingly added hundreds of millions of charges on. At least that girl in pink was cute, huh? [USA Today]
* BNP Paribas is confident it can pay its record fine. [Dealbook / New York Times]
* Meanwhile, Putin accused the U.S. of trying to use the BNP fine to blackmail France into turning its back on Russia. Because conspiracy theories are awesome. [Bloomberg]
* Lawsuit filed because right-wingers totally miffed that black people voted for a Republican. [Sun Herald (Mississippi)]
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Attorney Misconduct, Biglaw, Crime, Legal Ethics, Money, Partner Issues, Quote of the Day, White-Collar Crime
Naughty Partner Claims He Stole From Firm Because Biglaw Made Him A Bad Father
That's one of the most interesting excuses we've heard in a while. -
Cellphones, Privacy, Supreme Court, Technology, White-Collar Crime
Search Warrants To ISPs, The Supreme Court, And Electronic Privacy
The Supreme Court's latest privacy decision could have important implications beyond cellphone data.
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Crime, Law Schools, LLMs, White-Collar Crime
Anecdotal Evidence That LLMs Are A Giant Cash Grab
It's easy to disregard this convicted con-man, but he has a point. -
Barack Obama, Federal Government, Politics, Privacy, Technology, White-Collar Crime
Nietzsche, American Power, And Edward Snowden
What does the handling of the Edward Snowden affair say about the U.S. government? -
Accounting / Accountants, Biglaw, Crime, Dewey & LeBoeuf, White-Collar Crime
New And Juicy Details Of Zachary Warren's Alleged Role In The Dewey Debacle
What are the latest allegations about Zachary Warren, the handsome and high-powered young lawyer facing criminal charges in the Dewey & LeBoeuf fraud case? -
Litigators, White-Collar Crime
The Downside To A Professional Identity; Or The Demise Of The Litigation Generalist
As lawyers specialize, clients may withdraw valuable business based on vague "optics." -
Jed Rakoff, White-Collar Crime
White Collar Trials, Snitches, And Telling The Truth
Snitches are crafty witnesses. -
Citigroup, Football, Jed Rakoff, Jonathan Lee Riches, Law Reviews, Legal Ethics, Non-Sequiturs, Patents, Pornography, SCOTUS, Securities and Exchange Commission, Supreme Court, White-Collar Crime
Non-Sequiturs: 06.04.14
* Sad day for Jonathan Lee Riches. His lawsuit over Johnny Manziel’s penis has been thrown out of court. [Black Sports Online] * Hot on the heels of yesterday’s item about SCOTUS porn parties, Professor Tribe guest blogs about his new book (affiliate link) and coercion, bribery, and influence. [The Volokh Conspiracy / Washington Post] * Former Brooklyn DA and aspiring TV star Charles Hynes is staring down larceny accusations. [Gothamist] * Texas basically assigns a cop to actively discourage investigate indigent parties seeking assigned counsel. [Socialist Gumshoe] * The Supreme Court doesn’t like talking about patents — its opinions on the subject are getting shorter and shorter. [Patently-O] * A lawyer is in hot water for allowing underaged drinking at a post prom party. The point was to keep the kids from driving. But no good deed goes unpunished. [Turn to 10] * An interesting profile of one of my favorite professors, Ken Feinberg, labeling him “the lawyer who decides what a life is worth.” Yikes. [KDVR] * The business strategy of just telling clients what they want to hear deflates. [Dealbreaker] * Who says no one reads law reviews? The porn industry does and they really like this student Note. [XBiz] * This is why we can’t have nice things. Second Circuit explains that if a revolving door agency of sycophants says it’s OK, it’s OK. Full opinion below…. [New York Times] -
Biglaw, Lateral Moves, Partner Issues, Partner Profits, Patton Boggs, Real Estate, White-Collar Crime
More Partner Departures At Bingham
Who are the latest partners to leave, and where are they going?