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White Collar Crime Prof Blog
PING: White Collar Crime Prosecutions Down?URL: http://www.universityupdate.com/BigEast/Syracuse/109828.aspx?src=blogIP: 72.82.46.168BLOG NAME: University UpdateDATE: 11/19/2006 10:11:18 PM
By Ellen Podgor
TRAC Reporting out of Syracuse University is saying that:"[t]imely criminal enforcement data from the Justice Department document that in July 2006, U.S. federal white collar crime prosecutions reached their lowest…
Sentencing Law and Policy
Holy moly Foley!
Main October 3, 2006Holy moly Foley!Details about former Rep. Foley's unsavory behavior continues to dribble out: the ABC news blog and CNN are now both reporting that "Former Congressman Mark…
White Collar Crime Prof Blog
The Prosecution of Environmental Crimes
By Ellen Podgor
After seeing the movie "An Inconvenient Truth," a good question to ask is to what extent does the Department of Justice prosecute those who fail to abide by environmental laws…
White Collar Crime Prof Blog
Libby: The Cost of Building A Case
By Ellen Podgor
The Libby Legal Defense Trust here has a wonderful website that provides some of the "other side" to what the government is alleging. Clearly the advisory committee has some impressive…
White Collar Crime Prof Blog
Evaluating Enron Related Prosecutions
By Ellen Podgor
A fascinating story in the NY Times here titled, "The Enron Case That Almost Wasn't" sums up the prosecution case against Ken Lay - "Mr. Lay was a liar." Larry…
ImmigrationProf Blog
Prosecutions Instead of Deportations in Houston
Here's an interesting piece on the increase in federal criminal prosecutions related to immigration in the federal southern district of Texas.click on: http://gritsforbreakfast.blogspot.com/2006/04/coming-immigration-detention-boom.htmlbh
White Collar Crime Prof Blog
Illegal, Incompetent, or Ignorant
By Ellen Podgor
Which of these three "I's" apply to Ken Lay? Were his actions illegal as the prosecution seeks to prove, just basic incompetent, or ignorant - did Fastow keep him in…
White Collar Crime Prof Blog
Commentary on the Quattrone Decision
By Ellen Podgor
Some more comments on the Quattrone decision:Did Quattrone win? In a sense he clearly did as he was not convicted of a crime and does not have to serve time,…
Sentencing Law and Policy
A prosecutor’s view onFoster
Main March 1, 2006A prosecutor's view on FosterI discussed in this post why prosecutors are celebrating (and defense attorneys are lamenting) the Ohio Supreme Court's big Blakely decision in Foster…
Family Law Prof Blog
South Carolina Solicitors Association Rejects Plan to Place Prosecutors in Every County To Concentrate on Criminal Domestic Violence Cases
By Family Law
The South Carolina Solicitors Association rejected State Attorney General Henry McMaster's plan to put a prosecutor in every county magistrate’s court to concentrate on criminal domestic violence cases. Unless the…