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Sentencing Law and Policy
Federal sentencing’s Black magic
Main July 16, 2007Federal sentencing's Black magicThis article in the Toronto Star provides an effective account of some federal guideline issues that will arise in the sentencing of Conrad Black…
Securities Law Prof Blog
Sock-Puppeting
What Whole Foods CEO John Mackey did is called sock-puppeting, which the New York Times defines as "creating a fake online identity to praise, defend or create the illusion of…
The Contingency
Federal Jury Finds Conrad Black a Blackguard
Blawgletter hasn't paid much attention to the fraud and racketeering case against Conrad Black, not least because it struck us as an unseemly but semi-ordinary example of insider avarice. Plus…
Media Law Prof Blog
Conrad Black Guilty of Mail Fraud
After twelve days of deliberations, a jury has convicted Conrad Black of mail fraud but acquitted him of racketeering. Read more here in an AP story.
Wills, Trusts & Estates Prof Blog
The settlor’s unambiguous right to revoke prevents admission of extrinsic evidence of intent
A husband and his wife created revocable trusts terminating on their respective deaths at which time each trust was to be distributed in equal shares to their children from prior…
Securities Law Prof Blog
Refco Examiner Says Accountants, Law Firm Were Negligent
The examiner appointed to investigate the collapse of commodities firm Refco in 2005 has issued his report and says that the accounting firms of Grant Thornton and Ernst & Young,…
British Columbia Insurance Blog
An insurer could be entitled to freeze legitimate settlement funds if the insured was engaged in fraudulent activity against the insurer in an unrelated claim.
A Provincial Motor Vehicle Insurer ("ICBC") was required to pay an insured $200,000 for a legitimate insurance claim. ICBC discovered that the insured brought a fraudulent claim after the occurence…
The Contingency
Forum Selection Clause Beats Fraudulent Inducement Claim
The Seventh Circuit enforced a forum selection clause despite the plaintiff's claim that the defendant fraudulently induced the contract containing it. The court never explained, in a way that Blawgletter…
White Collar Crime Prof Blog
Former Adelphia Execs to Report to Prison
By Ellen Podgor
The long prosecution of former Adelphia Communications executives John and Timothy Rigas appears to be coming to an end as the federal judge presiding over their case has given them…
Media Law Prof Blog
Update on the Conrad Black Trial
The Globe and Mail reports that Judge Amy St. Eve is likely to charge the jury today in the Conrad Black criminal trial now underway in Chicago. Lord Black and…