Search Warrants, Subpoenas, and Danish Existentialism
The “what-to-do-when-the-FBI-shows up” spiel is, admittedly, a well-worn trope on the white-collar panel-discussion circuit, a talk accompanied by coffee in styrofoam cups (in the morning)...
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...
The Martoma Trial and Character Evidence in White-Collar Trials
In the trial of former SAC hedge fund manager Mathew Martoma, the dispute over getting kicked out of Harvard Law School is worth noting for...
Breaking Bad, All the Time: White Collar Crime for Business Lawyers
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...
Madoff’s Screw Sculpture, Bill Murray and Rule 403
The fact that Madoff’s Screw Sculpture Is Excluded From Evidence at Trial (tipped off by @WaltPavlo) is amusing to a non-party, reminiscient as it is...
The Border, Searches and the Digital Devices of Executives and Employees
Here’s a story (via @nytimes) about how the border is a back door for device searches. There is, of course, a “border exception” to the...
Civil Lessons From Criminal Trials (on YouTube)
Criminal Trials. Civil Lessons. This recent talk on Civil Lessons From Criminal Trials is primarily directed to internal counsel; what they should think about when hiring...
Fifth Circuit: “[A] district court cannot authorize interception of cell phone calls when neither the phone nor the listening post is present within the court’s territorial jurisdiction.”
You use your cell phone for work? In a potentially important Title III opinion, the Fifth Circuit limits the territorial reach of cellphone interception in...