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Securities Law Prof Blog
SEC Charges Former McAfee GC
This morning the news was that Kent Roberts, former GC at McAfee, was indicted in connection with the stock options backdating scandal. Today the SEC announced that it is charging…
White Collar Crime Prof Blog
Life for Rigas As He Awaits the Appeal Process
By Ellen Podgor
Paul Heimel of the Orlean Times Herald has a story on what life is like for 82-year-old John Rigas as he awaits word from the appellate tribunal on whether he…
Securities Law Prof Blog
Bankruptcy Decision Has Prime Brokers Worried
The ramifications of last month's bankruptcy court decision, requiring Bear Stearns to turn over to the bankruptcy estate of a failed hedge fund client $160 million, are explored in NY…
Sentencing Law and Policy
A informed suggestion that FSG for white-collar offenses are presumptivelyunreasonable
Main February 22, 2007A informed suggestion that FSG for white-collar offenses are presumptively unreasonableI noted here two new Yale Law Journal's Pocket Part pieces exploring the severity of modern white-collar…
Wills, Trusts & Estates Prof Blog
The “Superman Returns” Will Execution Interface
I was watching the movie Superman Returns last night and saw that it starts with a great will scenario. Superman's arch-enemy Lex Luthor has been released from prison after taking…
Coordination Problem
Congratulations to Bryan Caplan and Ed Stringham
By Pete Boettke
For winning the 2006 Templeton Enterprise Award, First Prize ($25k), for their paper “Mises, Bastiat, Public Opinion, and Public Choice: What's Wrong With Democracy?” (see some comments from Bryan here).…
White Collar Crime Prof Blog
Five More Indicted for Fraud in Iraq Rebuilding
By Ellen Podgor
The Department of Justice announced the indictment of five more defendants for fraud involving the Coalition Provisional Authority-Southern Command in Iraq. Three were senior Army officers, Colonel Curtis G. Whiteford…
Wills, Trusts & Estates Prof Blog
Another Bequest/Inheritance E-Mail Scam
E-mail scams promising large inheritances or bequests are very common and have been discussed before on this blog.Here is one provided through the courtesy of one of the readers of…
White Collar Crime Prof Blog
Plea Entered by Former Deloitte & Touche Manager
By Ellen Podgor
A press release of the United States Attorney for the Central District of California tells of a plea being entered by a former manager at Deloitte & Touche.
Wills, Trusts & Estates Prof Blog
Did Mercury Make Him Do It?
You may remember a story several years ago about the operator of a crematory in Georgia who left hundreds of dead bodies in piles on his property and then substituted…