Sam Bankman-Fried and Dave Brubeck
To testify or not? That is the question....
Taking Five, In Court and Out
To testify or not....
Act of Production and A Cocktail Jewel
An election and Halloween....
Dante’s Guide: Preparing the Grand Jury Witness
In the year 1300, at age 35, the narrator of Dante’s Inferno famously finds himself in trouble: Midway in our life’s journey, I went astray...
Where Did You Go, Batman? Martin Shkreli, Congress, the Fifth Amendment and You
It does not help that the most recent symbol of the Fifth Amendment is The Joker: There has been plenty of news coverage about...
The Five Best Ways for Your Client’s Employees to Get Indicted
The nice folks at the Birmingham Bar Association (and white-collar criminal defense lawyer Steve Shaw in particular) invited me to deliver a lunchtime CLE on a white-collar...
The Government Agent’s Interview
In a 140-second window, notes about what to do when a government agent asks for an interview. “Government Agents,” a Lightfoot140 by Jack Sharman. from...
The SEC, Judicial Skepticism and Salinas
Here’s my handout on these topics: FINRA CLE SuperCourse – September 2013 Speaking on Friday in New York: Network of Trial Law Firms...
The Border, Searches and the Digital Devices of Executives and Employees
Here’s a story (via @nytimes) about how the border is a back door for device searches. There is, of course, a “border exception” to the...
Complimentary One-Day Financial Services CLE SuperCourse in NYC
If you are in the New York area, this is an excellent source of free CLE: Network of Trial Law Firms Financial Services CLE Supercourse...