Deferred Prosecution Agreements and the Individual
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...
From our friends at the White Collar Crime Prof Blog
Quick collection of white-collar news from the White Collar Crime Prof Blog: Mark Hamblett & Sara Randazzo, The AmLaw Daily, Ex-Kirkland Partner Sentenced to One...
SEC Game-Time Program
Can’t tell the players without a program. This is a handy graphic guide (via @WSJ) to the persons, entities, events and outcomes in SEC enforcement...
SEC Goes To Bat For Misled Compliance Officer
From The Wall Street Journal Risk & Compliance blog (and Samuel Rubenfeld @srubenfeld): Good news for corporate compliance officers whose officers or employees lie to...
New DOJ Cases From the Financial Crisis? Look For This Criminal/Civil Hybrid
A good summary by Peter Henning, here — DOJ Financial Crisis Cases? — about possible future cases arising from the financial crisis and the Government’s use...
White-Collar News From Walt Pavlo and 500 Pearl Street
Scan through Walt Pavlo’s white-collar news collection, here — 500 Pearl Street Note especially the article on “Trump University.”...
Arrests of Two JPMorgan Employees in London Said to be Imminent
One hopes that they would be allowed to self-surrender — http://www.mainjustice.com/2013/08/09/arrests-of-two-jpmorgan-employees-in-london-said-to-be-imminent/ — and not be forced into a media “perp walk.”...
A Prosecutorial Campaign In The Media
Mr. Bharara’s comments are measured, but a prosecutorial campaign in the media is always disquieting (as a defendant’s media campaign can be troubling): Prosecutor Hits...