A Meditation on Independence Day
What is independence?...
Public Corruption Trials: A Checklist
Public corruption trials....
A Meditation On Independence Day
Treasure liberty....
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)...
Dante’s Guide: Preparing the Grand Jury Witness
In the year 1300, at age 35, the narrator of Dante’s Inferno famously finds himself in trouble: Midway in our life’s journey, I went astray...
Dante’s Guide: Preparing the Grand Jury Witness
Finally, one gets to quote Dante while talking about grand jury witnesses: In the year 1300, at age 35, the narrator of Dante’s Inferno famously...
Congressional Investigations, Criminal Cases and The Knights Who Say “Ni!”
We are heading into what appears to be a summer of investigations along the Potomac, some of them in the House and Senate. What are...
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...
Barry Bonds, Ramblin’ Man
The federal appeals court in San Francisco recently reversed baseball player Barry Bonds’s conviction for obstruction of justice. The criminal charge and conviction arose out of...
Representing Witnesses Before The Grand Jury
For businesses and their officers, directors and employees, the grand jury is an increasingly visible complement to the threat of civil litigation and administrative sanction. ...