White Collar Crime Prof Blog

In the News & Around the Blogosphere

DOJ Press Release, President of Long Island Defense Contractor Pleads Guilty to Customer Allocation 

DOJ Press Release, Computer Administrator Pleads Guilty to Hacking Former Employer’s Computer System

Steve Levin, Fraud With Peril, Government dismisses cases against AIPAC lobbyists. 

Julie Kay, Daily Business Review.com, On Appeal Reputed mobster loses $13 million jury award

Chronicle of Higher Education, Brothers Indicted in Huge College Spam Scheme

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In the News & Around the Blogosphere

David Voreacos, Bloomberg, UBS Says U.S. Wants Bank to Break Swiss Criminal Law (Update2)

AM Law Litigation, law.com, San Francisco Judge Tosses Civil RICO Cases Against Genentech, InterMune for Alleged False Marketing

Erica Orden, NY Magazine, White Collar TV

DOJ Press Release,  Dutch Airline Executive Agrees to Plead Guilty for Fixing Prices on Air cargo Shipments - Martinair Holland Executive Agrees to Serve Jail Time

DOJ Press Release,Korean Executive Agrees to Plead Guilty and Serve One year in Prison for Participation in LCD Price-Fixing Conspiracy -To Date, Four Companies Have Agreed to Plead Guilty and to Pay More Than $616 Million in Fines and Nine Executives Have Been Charged

WTYV.com, Former west Alabama county commissioner convicted of felony ethics violation

Diane Bartz, Reuters, U.S. Senate nears vote on financial fraud bill

Martha Brannigan, Miami Herald, IRS going after offshore banks' client lists

John Latingua, Palm Beach Post, TARP's top cop a familiar face -- he's from Boca

In the News & Around the Blogosphere

Law.com (AP), N.Y. Investment Adviser Indicted in $413 Million Ponzi Scheme

Sheri Qualters, National LJ, Foreign affairs -As enforcement goes global, so do white-collar crime lawyers.

Lynnley Browning, NYTimes, Swiss Ask U.S. to Drop Demand for Names of UBS Customers

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In the News & Around the Blogosphere

Alana Roberts, Daily Business Review.com, Attorney-Client Privilege - Miami Attorney Refuses to Release all Stanford Documents to Receiver

DOJ Press Release, Promoter of Fraudulent Tax Defiance Scheme Pleads Guilty to Mail Fraud

Tom Hamburger & Ralph Vartabedian, LATimes, Tennessee financial advisor is indicted in TARP-related Ponzi scheme

Bob Johnson, LA Times, 75 former attorneys general ask Holder to investigate conviction of former Alabama governor; Editorial, NYTimes, The Seigelman Case

Mark Hamblett & Noeleen G. Walder, NY L.J., law.com, New Charges in Dreier Case as Hearing Airs Forfeiture Issues 

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Mourning the Passing of William B. Moffitt

  We mourn the passing of former National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers (NACDL) President William B. Moffitt. The NACDL press release states:

"Bill served as NACDL’s president from 1999 to 2000. He also served as president of the Virginia College of Criminal Defense Lawyers, now the Virginia Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, a NACDL affiliate organization. He was a member of the bars of Virginia and the District of Columbia, the Alexandria (Va.) Bar Association, the American Board of Criminal Lawyers, and the International Association of Criminal Lawyers."    

Bill, in addition to handling many high-profile cases, was also a voice for constituencies that needed a voice. (see here).  He testified before Congress against mandatory minimum sentences (see here), he fought against racial injustice (see here), and always aimed for a just and fair system (see here). And despite his incredibly busy schedule, he found the time to stop and speak to law students so that they could learn from his accomplishments. He will be missed.

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