Pumpkin Cocktail from Hot and Hot Fish Club
From the Hot and Hot Fish Club in Birmingham, owned by my friends Chris and Idie Hastings, comes a Thanksgiving beverage: Smashing Pumpkin Cocktail....
Good People, Bad Acts and Intent
From Professor Peter J. Henning, more on the “why” of white-collar offenses: When Good People Do Bad Things: That is the conundrum of many white-collar...
Thanksgiving, the Bay Psalm Book and Jonathan Edwards
The week of Thanksgiving, the Bay Psalm Book is auctioned for $14 million: The little volume of psalms, one of only 11 known to...
Why’d He Do It?
Here’s a note from Professor Ellen Podgor about an article on Sentencing the Why of White Collar Crime by Todd Haugh (Illinois Institute of Technology...
The Mai Tai Question for Young White-Collar Lawyers
Here’s the recipe for a Mai Tai. A Mai Tai is not really a Thanksgiving cocktail, but it reminds me of something I’ve always wanted...
The Third-Party Doctrine, Revisited (or, What Can I Give to Others and Still Keep Private?)
Here’s a useful article on the Third-Party Doctrine. That doctrine, first articulated by the Supreme Court in Smith v. Maryland, has been the principle behind...
Breaking Bad, All the Time: White Collar Crime for Business Lawyers
The Network of Trial Law Firms is an excellent CLE vehicle. Here’s a Sharman White Collar Panel Video of a Network panel about white-collar...
The Most Arrogant Law Firm
In general, one should strive to avoid being named the most arrogant law firm four years running: The Most Arrogant Law Firm. To be fair,...
Deferred Prosecution Agreements and the Individual
The first SEC deferred-prosecution agreement for an individual raises a couple of issues. Here is the document itself: SEC DPA With Herckis First, a reminder. A...