Tuesday, August 16, 2011
In the News & Around the Blogosphere
Nathan Koppel, WSJ Blog, Alleged Juror Misconduct Surfaces in Daugerdas Case; Mark Hamblett, NYLJ, Tax Shelter Defense Seeks New Trial Over Juror's Hidden Identity
David Abel, Boston.com, Arroyo cleared in fraud verdict
Zack Needles, Legal Intelligencer, Ciavarella Sentenced to 28 Years in Prison - Former Judge Was One of the Key Figures In the Luzerne Co. Courthouse Scandal
John May, Daily Business Review, Are U.S. corporations becoming the world's police?
Tiffany Hsu. LATimes, IPad covers made from Madoff's clothes are hot items
Mark Hamblett, NYLJ, Circuit Upholds Convictions Against Defense Attorney Simels
Bob Van Voris & Chris Dolmetsch, Bloomberg, Galleon’s Rajaratnam Loses Motion for Acquittal on Insider-Trading Charges
Jonathan Stempel, Reuters, Rajaratnam sentencing may be a fight to the death (hat tip to Tiffany Joslyn at NACDL); Walter Pavlo, Forbes, Rajaratnam Sentence Recommendations Give Judge No Guidance
NACDL Press Release, Ohio Attorney William R. Gallagher Receives Criminal Defense Bar's Top Honor (and a member of the NACDL White Collar Crime College at Stetson)
DOJ Press Release, Nautilus Hyosung Holdings Agrees to Plead Guilty to Obstruction of Justice for Submitting False Documents in a Merger Investigation
DOJ Press Release, Former Member of Virginia House of Delegates Sentenced to 114 Months in Prison for Bribery and Extortion
DOJ Press Release, Former NASDAQ Managing Director Sentenced to 42 Months in Prison for Insider Trading
Bob Van Voris, Bloomberg, Galleon Probe’s Danielle Chiesi Must Surrender Sept. 20; Fred Strasser & Glenn Holdcraft, San Francisco Chronicle, Galleon Probe's Danielle Chiesi Must Surrender Sept. 20
Steve Vaughan, Virginia Gazette, Hamilton receives 9.5 years for bribes
BBR Review, US Prosecutors Extend Swiss Bank Tax Probe
The Republic (AP), Federal judge refused to throw out Zach Scruggs conviction in judicial corruption case
Chad Bray, WSJ, Judge Upholds Galleon Founder's Conviction
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