“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...
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 Freedom of Little Joe Cartwright: Tax Crime, Edgar Allan Poe, Noir Film and Lacrosse
Notes for the week. Prosecuting Individuals Federal criminal tax lawyer Jack Townsend blogs at Federal Tax Crimes. Here is his note on Prosecuting Corporate Employees, particularly...
White (Collar) Christmas: Gin, Crime, Theology and the Rat Pack
The hour is upon us, so herewith a few Christmas items. Cocktails Here from the archives is a recipe (via Garden & Gun magazine)...
Why You Need More Email
Actually, that’s not true. You don’t need more email; rather, you need better email. Other than a missive alerting you to a sale on gin...
Why We Should Ban Any New “Christmas Carol” and Re-Tune Victorian Hymns
The BBC’s classical music site published this article about the Victorians and Christmas stories. The Charles Dickens classic A Christmas Carol is among them, but so...
The Yates Memo and Three Dog Night
Deputy Attorney General YatesUnless you have been on a monastic retreat or hidden as carefully as Hillary Clinton’s email server, you have by now likely...
Friday cocktails: Barware, Jameson Slushies, Perfect Martinis and Emerson, Lake & Palmer
A brief guide for the weekend. It’s hard to operate a home bar without good barware, as explained in All the Essential Barware You Need...
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...
Wine, White-Collar Crime and You.
The ABA Southeastern White Collar Crime Institute near Atlanta on September 10 and 11, 2015 is a good event at a nice place (Chateau Elan) for...