White-Collar Crime
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Email Scandals, Enron, Jeffrey Skilling, Non-Sequiturs, Politics, Ridiculousness, Sentencing Law, Sex Scandals, White-Collar Crime
Supplemental Non-Sequiturs: 10.27.06
Delightful links, hand-picked with loving care by Stella Q, will appear later today. For now, here a few other quick links that caught our eye recently: * Curious about how many Americans share your full name? Now you can find out. [TaxProf Blog] * “Zagat’s for prisons.” Good stuff. [WSJ Law Blog] * Professor Dimino […] -
Bad Ideas, Crime, Lawyer of the Day, Money, Tax Law, White-Collar Crime
Lawyer of the Day: Robert Wayne Hallock
You’re a partner at the Chicago powerhouse law firm of Kirkland & Ellis, which generally ranks as the most profitable non-New York Biglaw firm in the country. But you decide that a six- to seven-figure income isn’t enough for your needs. So you do this: 1. Sell fraudulent certificates of deposit for $1.8 million.2. Set […] - Sponsored
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Enron, Jeffrey Skilling, Movies, Sentencing Law, White-Collar Crime
Jeff Skilling's Sentence: Like a Lord of the Rings Movie
Really, really long.* To wit, 292 months long. For the mathematically challenged among you, that’s 24 years and four months. Ouch. But given the size and scope of the Enron fraud, the lengthy sentence may be appropriate (even if it’s higher than many Wall Streeters expected). You can compare Jeffrey Skilling’s sentence to those of […]
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Bad Ideas, Immigration, Masturbation, Stupid Lawyer Tricks, White-Collar Crime
Stupid Lawyer Tricks: Abusing the Autopen
Okay, so he’s actually a law student (as a number of you nitpickers would surely point out). Anyway, here’s the story: A 26-year-old law school standout was arrested for pretending to be a New Jersey congressman, so he could obtain visas for relatives and others in his native Cameroon, said a federal prosecutor. Njock Eyong […] -
2nd Circuit, Antonin Scalia, Clarence Thomas, Enron, Jeffrey Skilling, John Roberts, Morning Docket, Samuel Alito, Sandra Day O'Connor, State Judges, Supreme Court, White-Collar Crime
Morning Docket: 10.12.06
* Buttons — isn’t that the new song by the Pussycat Dolls? Yes; but it’s also the issue in a case argued before the Supreme Court yesterday. Question Presented: Was a murder defendant’s right to a fair trial violated when the judge allowed relatives of the victim to sit behind the prosecutor, sporting buttons with […]
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Biglaw, Dorsey & Whitney, Federal Government, HP, Kirkpatrick & Lockhart, Milberg Weiss, Money, Musical Chairs, S.D.N.Y., Securities and Exchange Commission, U.S. Attorneys Offices, White-Collar Crime
Musical Chairs: 10.05.06
Oodles of juicy moves today, especially out of and into the federal government. As the leaves change, so do the lawyers. Government to Private Sector: * Federal prosecutor John Hueston, a leader of the team that prosecuted Enron execs Kenneth Lay and Jeffrey Skilling, is heading for the greener pastures of Irell & Manella. All […] -
Benchslaps, Eavesdropping / Wiretapping, HP, Morning Docket, Options Backdating, Patricia Dunn, War on Terror, White-Collar Crime
Morning Docket: 10.05.06
* “If Mark Foley had sex with a page in the District of Columbia, it wouldn’t be a crime. In the capital, the age of consent is 16, as it is in many states. That, coincidentally, is the minimum age to be a page.” [Los Angeles Times] * The Sixth Circuit has placed Judge Anna […]
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Bad Ideas, Blackberry-Crackberry, Food, Insider Trading, Pictures, Scott Black, Securities and Exchange Commission, White-Collar Crime
Law Firm Associates: How Not To Deal with the Late-Night Munchies
“No,” Daddy tried to explain, “it’s not THAT kind of blackberry…” Photograph provided courtesy of a former Wachtell Lipton colleague of ours, Scott L. Black (whom we identify here with his permission; our default rule is anonymity for tipsters). Meet the absolutely adorable Shoshana Black, daughter of Scott and Marnie Black, a high-powered exec at […] - Sponsored
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9th Circuit, Department of Justice, Larry Sonsini, Morning Docket, Options Backdating, War on Terror, White-Collar Crime
Morning Docket: 10.04.06
* An investigation by the Justice Department Inspector General reveals that the Bureau of Prisons doesn’t have enough staff to monitor communications of imprisoned terrorists with the outside world, including mail and phone calls. [Washington Post] (And what about Instant Messenger? “What ya wearing?” “A burka.” “Love to slip it off you…”) * The Supreme […]
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9/11, Boring Stuff, Cellphones, Federal Government, HP, Hurricane Katrina, Jeanine Pirro, Morning Docket, SCOTUS, Tort Reform, War on Terror, White-Collar Crime
Morning Docket: 09.29.06
* Senate approves broad new rules to try detainees. [New York Times; Bashman linkwrap] * Senate House grandstands over Hewlett-Packard as most witnesses take Fifth; libertarians celebrate that time wasted is time not spent passing new appropriations. [New York Times; WaPo] * Verizon Wireless piles on against H-P. [WSJ Law Blog] * Observers suggest Supreme […]
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Ann Baskins, HP, Morning Docket, Options Backdating, Sex, Sex Scandals, War on Terror, White-Collar Crime
Morning Docket: 09.28.06
Hey, it’s not yet noon — so we can still call this “Morning Docket.” (Sorry for the delay. But if you care about actual legal news, as opposed to our crude musings on them, you really should go here or here instead.) * BREAKING: Ann Baskins just resigned as general counsel of HP. And her […]
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Alice Fisher, Confirmations, Department of Justice, Jack Abramoff, Litigatrix, Michael Chertoff, Paul Clement, White-Collar Crime
Congratulations to Alice Fisher!
ATL extends its warmest congratulations to Alice S. Fisher, who was just confirmed by the Senate as Assistant Attorney General for the Criminal Division — one of the most important and high-ranking posts at the Department of Justice. The vote was 61-35, with 7 Democrats crossing the aisle to support her.* The Senate sure took […] -
HP, Larry Sonsini, Manuel Real, Morning Docket, War on Terror, White-Collar Crime
Morning Docket: 09.19.06
* More back-and-forth between the Bush Administration and Congress concerning rules to govern the interrogation of terror suspects. The White House sent Congress a revised proposal last night; a deal could be reached by the end of this week. [Washington Post] * More developments in the HP leak investigation scandal. The most interesting: even Larry […]
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Gay Marriage, Gender, J. Harvie Wilkinson III, Neal Katyal, Non-Sequiturs, Richard Posner, Stephen Dillard, White-Collar Crime
Non-Sequiturs: 09.05.06
* Judge J. Harvie Wilkinson III (at right), the leading conservative of the post-Luttig Fourth Circuit, speaks out against the Federal Marriage Amendment. Interesting. But has he effectively recused himself from any case involving these issues — and scuttled any remaining SCOTUS hopes he might have had? [Washington Post via Volokh Conspiracy] * Someone call […] -
Conrad Black, Dorsey & Whitney, Merck, Morning Docket, Options Backdating, Vioxx, White-Collar Crime
Morning Docket: 8.31.06
* In the legal and regulatory crackdown on business corruption and white-collar crime, “lawyers serving fraud-ridden companies have emerged relatively unscathed,” reports the Washington Post. Chalk it up to professional courtesy. [Washington Post] * Lord Conrad Black (at right), former media mogul, has had his worldwide assets frozen by a Canadian court. But don’t feel […]