Corporate And White Collar Crime: Select Cases, Statutory Supplement And Documents 2011-2012 - 11 edition

Summary: This timely supplement updates Kathleen F. Brickey's Corporate and WhiteCollar Crime, Fourth Edition, through the 2008 Supreme Court Term andfeatures selected court documents and transcripts from major white collarprosecutions.CASE HIGHLIGHTSCORPORATE CRIMINAL LIABILITYUnited States v. Stein : Should a corporation's willingness toadvance legal fees to its employees be deemed evidence of lack of cooperationwith the government, as the Thompson Memorandum suggests?PERSONAL LIABILITY IN AN ORGANIZAT ...show moreIONAL SETTINGUnited States v. Skilling : Should Ken Lay's fraud convictionhave been abated because he died before sentencing and an opportunity toappeal?SECURITIES FRAUDProblem 5-A : Is a tippee who willfully trades on improperly disclosedinformation liable even though the tipper did not knowingly make an improperdisclosure?PERJURY AND FALSE DECLARATIONSUnited States v. Ebbers : Was Bernie Ebbers denied a fair trialbecause the government "selectively" immunized witnesses?OBSTRUCTION OF JUSTICEProblem 8-3 : Did Frank Quattrone "corruptly" endeavor to obstruct aninvestigation when he encouraged his colleagues to purge files containingdocuments the government had sought?BRIBERY OF PUBLIC OFFICIALSUnited States v. Ihnatenko : Is the government's payment of cashbenefits and other forms of compensation in exchange for the cooperation of awitness an unlawful gratuity?RICOUnited States v. Stein : Did KPMG's refusal to pay its indictedemployees' legal fees impermissibly interfere with their Sixth Amendment rightto counsel?Anza v. Ideal Steel Supply Corp. : Does a company that divertsbusiness from a competitor by illegally undercutting the competitor's pricescause a compensable RICO injury?Williams v. Mohawk Industries, Inc : Does an employer's scheme tohire illegal immigrants to keep labor costs low injure legal workers in thelabor pool in their business or property?TAX FRAUD:United States v. Cohen : Is expert testimony regarding ataxpayer's narcissistic personality disorder relevant to the issue ofwillfulness?ENVIRONMENTAL CRIMESNorthern California River Watch v. City of Healdsburg : To whatextent are waters that are not navigable in fact—such as wetlands—within thereach of the Clean Water Act?SANCTIONSGall v. United States : Must a sentence that substantiallydeviates from the recommended Guidelines range be justified by extraordinarycircumstances?United States v. Martin : Is a cooperating witness who provides"extraordinary" assistance entitled to a sentence substantially below theGuidelines range under Booker?STATUTES AND DOCUMENTSUpdated Statutes and Sentencing GuidelinesDeferred Prosecution Agreements: KPMG and Bristol-Myers SquibbPlea Agreements: Enron Defendants Causey and FastowIndictments: Arthur Andersen, Martha Stewart, and WorldCom CEOBernie EbbersSentencing Transcript: Martha Stewart ...show less

Edition/Copyright: 11
Cover: Paperback
Publisher: Aspen Law
Published: 09/28/2011

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ISBN13: 978-0735588035