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...

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...

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...

  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...

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,...

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...

Here’s  an easy-to-read primer by @WaltPavlo in @Forbes on the difference between civil and criminal prosecutions of insider trading: Insider Trading: Civil Or Criminal Crime?...

“’This is a good place,’ he said. ‘There’s a lot of liquor,’ I agreed.” ― Ernest Hemingway, The Sun Also Rises Gin is juniper, in...

Does reading literary fiction really increase your social intelligence?  Here: I Know How You’re Feeling, I Read Chekhov Maybe.  But what about crime fiction?  ...

A good summary from Sentencing Law and Policy Blog about Alabama’s new sentencing guidelines: I find it so very telling that when states create sentencing...