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Bribery
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Legal Profession Blog
This Bud’s For You
A story from last week's Charlotte News & ObserverA Superior Court judge was convicted Friday on charges that he tried to bribe a federal agent with two cases of Bud…
The Right Coast
Ex-California state senator faces 5 years for taking bribes | WSB-TV
Jaime Regalado, a political science professor at California State University, Los Angeles, said the convictions of the Calderons were symbolically important, but he didn't think they would have a big…
The D&O Diary
Guest Post: U.S. Parent Company Enters U.K.-Style Deferred Prosecution Agreement for Bribery
[caption id="attachment_12898" align="alignleft" width="225"] Francis Kean[/caption] Deferred prosecution agreements have long been a part of the U.S. criminal enforcement environment, but they are relatively new in the United Kingdom. In…
International Financial Law Prof Blog
Former President Of The Costa Rican Soccer Federation And Member-Elect Of The FIFA Executive Committee Pleads Guilty To Racketeering And Corruption Charges
Eduardo Li pleaded guilty to racketeering conspiracy, wire fraud, and wire fraud conspiracy in connection with his receipt of bribes in exchange for his awarding contracts for the media and…
The Paterson Criminal Law Blog
Clifton MRI Facility Owners, Roselle NJ Chiropractor Plead Guilty to Health Care Fraud Charges
Earlier this year, two Paramus residents who own a medical facility in Clifton NJ pleaded guilty to bribery charges. Now a Roselle chiropractor is the later person to plead guilty…
Legal Profession Blog
Pigeonholed
A former Buffalo judge has been disbarred as a result of a felony bribery conviction.The Buffalo News reported on the conviction and the judge's backgroundFor the first time in 21…
International Financial Law Prof Blog
Och-Ziff Capital Management Admits to Role in Africa Bribery Conspiracies and Agrees to Pay $213 Million Criminal Fine
Och-Ziff Enters into Three-Year Deferred Prosecution Agreement; Subsidiary Pleads Guilty to Conspiracy to Violate the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act A New York-based alternative investment and hedge fund manager, Och-Ziff Capital…
The Faculty Lounge
A Bit More on the OddBravo-FernandezCase
My recent post about the inconsistent verdicts error in the presentation of the Bravo-Fernandez case led to some interesting and illuminating exchanges, some on Twitter (with William Baude and Dan…
The Faculty Lounge
This Term’sBravo-FernandezCase Is Based on an Importantly Mistaken Premise (with update, 9/28)
At SCOTUSBLOG, Rory Little has written a very good summary of the Supreme Court's first case of the upcoming Term, Bravo-Fernandez v. United States. It's a double jeopardy case that…
White Collar Crime Prof Blog
Some Additional Thoughts on the McDonnell Decision
I agree with my colleague Prof. Podgor that DOJ made the "right decision" to drop the prosecution of former Virginia governor Robert McDonnell. Under the narrow definition of "official act"…