Vantage Drilling, General Lee and the Culture of Compliance
Gin is a noble spirit; without vermouth, perhaps a lonely one. Similarly, having a compliance program, yet failing to follow it in the presence of...
Dear Colleagues All: University Discipline, Sexual Assault and The Department of Education
Title IX. Crime. Sexual assault. University disciplinary procedures. Civil litigation. Enormous amounts of money. The Fifth Amendment. And that’s all before you hire a lawyer....
How To Avoid Being GM’ed: The Wrongs and Rights of Clients and Lawyers
The GM internal-investigation report about ignition-switch problems raises a host of issues, one of which is its unusually sharp criticism of GM internal lawyers. Criticism...
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...
Martoma and Harvard Law School (Again)
We recently addressed the ongoing Mathew Martoma trial “Harvard Law School fraud” story: The Martoma Trial and Character Evidence in White-Collar Trials From Professor Susan...
Katrina Shootings and Prosecutorial Ethics
Federal district court judge declaring a mistrial in Katrina police-shootings: “a prosecutorial game of qualsiasi mezzo.” #ethics #DOJ #Katrina (via White Collar Prof blog)...
Fourth Circuit Rips United States Attorney’s Office For Brady Non-Disclosure
As noted by the White Collar Law Prof blog, here — Fourth Circuit Rebukes United States Attorney’s Office — this criticism of a United States...
Corruption Currents from the WSJ
From @WSJRisk, see this white-collar corruption roundup — WSJ Risk and Compliance Corruption Currents — and especially the bribery section. Very useful for organizations with...
The Ethics of Brady/Giglio Obligations
More commentary on the AUSA Kline ethics case in Washington: White Collar Crime Law Prof on Brady. Although it’s interesting that DC Bar Counsel is...