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Public corruption
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Legal Profession Blog
Wholly Toledo
Dan Trevas has a summary of a bar discipline matter on the Ohio Supreme Court web pageThe Supreme Court of Ohio today indefinitely suspended the law license of former Toledo…
Simple Justice
Should He Stay Or Should He Go?
Granted, Mayor Eric Adams is the first mayor of New York City to be indicted in office, but that’s hardly the same as saying that some of his predecessors weren’t…
FCPA Professor
First Energy Resolves Books And Records And Internal Controls Matter Related To U.S. “Political Corruption Scheme”
By Mike Koehler
The Foreign Corrupt Practices Act has always been a law much broader than its name suggests. Sure, the FCPA contains anti-bribery provisions which concern foreign bribery. Sure, the FCPA’s books…
Legal Profession Blog
Corruption Chicago Style
An Illinois attorney has filed a motion for consent disbarment after a criminal conviction as described in the complaint filed by the AdministratorOn May 30, 2019, a federal grand jury…
Supreme Court Update
Counsel Anjali Dalal and Associate Gautam Rao Author New York Law Journal Article on Public Corruption Prosecutions
On August 19, 2024, Counsel Anjali Dalal and Associate Gautam Rao authored the New York Law Journal article titled, “Public Corruption Prosecutions: Constitutional Issues to Watch.” Anjali and Gautam discuss United States v. Benjamin and McCormick v. United States and…
ContractsProf Blog
Continued Incredulity Over Snyder v. United States
I blogged about this case after oral argument, and SCOTUS produced the predicted 6-3 party-line endorsement of public corruption. The opinion by Justice Kavanaugh amply illustrates just how inept this…
Chicago Criminal Law Blog
United States Senator Convicted in Bribery Trial
Senator Bob Menendez Found Guilty on All Counts in Jury Trial New Jersey Senator Bob Menendez was found guilty by a jury of 16 felony charges relating to a complex…
Sentencing Law and Policy
Is Senator Bob Menendez now facing a de facto life sentence after being convicted by a jury on all 16 federal corruption counts?
The question in the title of this post is prompted by this news via Bloomberg Law: " US Senator Bob Menendez, the powerful New Jersey Democrat, was found guilty of…
Criminal
Is Senator Bob Menendez now facing a de facto life sentence after being convicted by a jury on all 16 federal corruption counts?
The question in the title of this post is prompted by this news via Bloomberg Law: " US Senator Bob Menendez, the powerful New Jersey Democrat, was found guilty of…
Criminal
Supreme Court, by 6-3 vote, rules federal criminal prohibition against bribes does not extend to gratuities
In one of two rulings handed down this morning, the Supreme Court continued its recent tendency to give a federal criminal statute a limited reading through its decision in Snyder…