Fascinating New Reporting
I didn’t think I’d be posting again so quickly after Friday’s devastating news. But today, Buzzfeed News launched their major investigative reporting series, the “FinCEN Files.” It’s sure to continue generating headlines and will be
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In Memoriam: Ruth Bader Ginsburg; and Other News
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Ruth Bader Ginsburg—A Titanic Loss
The most significant legal news is, of course, the tragic death of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg yesterday. I hope to write something about her contributions to constitutional criminal procedure and white
Some Thoughts on Michael Flynn & Bridgegate
A lot has happened in the last few months. This is so both in the world of white-collar enforcement and just in the world. I thought I’d share some thoughts on last week’s news about Michael Flynn and the Supreme
This Day in White Collar History: The Origins of the “White Collar Criminal”
80 years ago today, Edwin Sutherland introduced the phrase “white-collar criminal.” Sutherland, a noted criminologist, coined the phrase in an address—”White-Collar Criminality”—to the American Sociological Association on December 27, 1939.
The speech focused “crime in the upper or white-collar class,
Presidential Bribery
What happens when the President of the United States asks for a bribe?
I know what you’re thinking: what could possibly have inspired this topic? I’m not here to throw partisan stones or to take sides on the House’s ongoing
Data Breaches and More False-Statements Charges
Recent weeks have seen a few significant white collar issues in the Pacific Northwest and nationally.
Perhaps none has attracted more national attention than the charges against an accused hacker who allegedly compromised the personal and financial data of more
This Week in White Collar News: In Memoriam
This last week saw the passing of two titans of American law: John Paul Stevens and Robert Morgenthau. Both led remarkable lives and careers.
Justice Stevens died last Tuesday at age 99. Over more than 30 years on the
White Collar Roundup: Mail Fraud, Anti-Bribery, and SCOTUS Updates
- We’ve linked to alleged gold-based fraud schemes before. Here’s another set of charges—for mail fraud in Oregon—against the owners of a coin business who allegedly misrepresented their operations to clients.
- And in Alaska, a sparsely detailed indictment for
Roundup of Non-Mueller White Collar Stories
Lots of national white collar stories in recent weeks.
But first, why no thoughts (yet) on the Mueller Report? First, it’s been and will continue to be widely covered elsewhere. Second, it’s been a busy two days, and
Monthly (?) Roundup of White Collar News
- Further proof that time in the Chair Force will lead you to seek adventures abroad: this former counterintel agent was charged with spying for Iran — the Air Force Times details how she earned an air medal
- Here’s a unique