“After Deadline” and What White-Collar Lawyers Need: Grammar and Style
From Philip B. Corbett and the indispensable folks at “After Deadline,” the New York Times grammar and style column, this post on Bright Passages. In particular:...
White Collar Wire: Now On The ABA Blawg Directory
We’re very happy to now be part of the American Bar Association Journal’s Blawg Directory. Here’s the ABA post: White Collar Wire Website RSS...
Red Harvest: Crime Fiction and Gospel Conviction
Pop culture and theology mix fruitfully in pulp-crime fiction. Here’s a four-part course from 2012: Red Harvest: Crime Fiction and Gospel Conviction . Here’s the blurb...
Of Grand Juries and Ham Sandwiches
It is true: having long ago become unmoored from its origins as a shield between Crown and subject, a grand jury can indict a ham...
Gastronomista: “cocktails, punch bowls and boozy babes”
The law can be dreary, so at White Collar Wire we follow cocktails, as well. For weekend viewing and sipping, we point you to Gastronomista, which...
Why White-Collar Defense Ain’t Ukraine: The National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers and Edmund Burke
White Collar Wire is now listed on the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers (“NACDL”) website under White Collar On The Web. The White Collar...
Criminals In Ties: Contract Law and Reservoir Dogs
The interplay between law — especially criminal law — and theology is more subterranean and nuanced than many give it credit for. The same is...
St. Valentine’s Day Massacre and the Cocktails That Go With It
We avoid sentimentality, but the culture is awash in it on Valentine’s Day. This “holiday” is not traditionally associated with business crime, but we will...
The Super Bowl, Jamie Casino and the Rights and Wrongs of White-Collar Defense
As a football game, the Super Bowl was dreadful, at least in terms of entertainment value. As a cultural petri dish, its television advertisements (and...
Conservatives and Mandatory Minimum Federal Sentences
From Professor Berman’s “Sentencing Law and Policy Blog,” why conservatives should support the effort to reform mandatory minimums in non-violent federal sentences: the Heritage Foundation...