Sam Bankman-Fried and Dave Brubeck
To testify or not? That is the question....
Taking Five, In Court and Out
To testify or not....
The Winter Olympics of Cooperation: The Bridge On The River Kwai, White-Collar Self-Image and Federal Sentencing
With all of the discussion about Special Counsel Robert Mueller and his “cooperators,” now is an appropriate time to revisit the basics of “cooperation” in...
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...
Dude, That’s My Lighter: Lacrosse, Suspensions, the Fourth Amendment and the White-Collar Thanatos of Zero Tolerance
The relationship between lacrosse and white-collar crime is not obvious, although for much of its 20th century history the sport was powered by mid-Atlantic and...
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...
Salinas, the 5th Amendment and Government Interviews of Company Employees
Here’s a micro-video — http://vimeo.com/m/70412608 — on the recent Supreme Court decision in Salinas, which may increase the risk of 5th Amendment waiver in Government...