Special Counsel Subpoenas, FBI Agent Texts, GoGo Penguin Groove
An unusual point arose here (at the end) regarding an FBI agent’s political text-messages and cross-examination: Jack Sharman – MSNBC – Meet the Press (Dec....
White-Collar Motive, Gun Crazy Movie
In 1950, producers Frank and Maurice King released Gun Crazy, a sometimes surreal Bonnie-and-Clyde story with an introverted, pacifist gun lover (Barton Tare, played by John Dall)...
Risk, Reward and Pain: Doctor Lessons from An Opioid Trial
Opioid medications continue to be in the news, as demonstrated by the recent nationwide state attorneys-general investigation. This situation only demands more attention from physicians and...
Mute Oracle: The Controlled Substances Act and Physicians’ Criminal Conduct
Criminal laws are supposed to give persons regulated by the law sufficient notice of what conduct, exactly, is prohibited. Criminal laws, as interpreted by courts,...
Pill Mills, Poppy Flowers, Dead Poets and the Human Resources Department
Having been through a seven-week federal criminal “pill mill” trial, I think a lot about enforcement of the Controlled Substances Act and its effect on...
“Fantastic Lies” and Corporate Criminal Prosecution
When the past is dug up in documentaries (or docudramas), events are often sensationalized. This practice is of long pedigree: Shakespeare was not above amping...
Civil Lesson From Criminal Trials
Civil lawyers can learn something from criminal trials. Here is a 20-minute talk . . . . . . and, if you are ambitious,...
Lawyer Presentations Without PowerPoint: Charles Laughton and The Fiery Furnace
At trial in a white-collar or civil business case, lawyers sometimes complain that the material or documents they must work with are so old, so...
“Isn’t pretty much everyone you represent a criminal? Why use tax money for that?” | An Interview With Federal Public Defender Kevin Butler
We took a few minutes and sat down with Kevin Butler, the Federal Public Defender in the Northern District of Alabama. Before he was appointed...
Take The Deal or Go To Trial? Exactly.
The awful pressure to plead guilty, brought on by the significantly enhanced sentences that the Government often seeks where a defendant asserts his right to...