Editorial pages and op-eds worldwide rightfully commended the trial and conviction of former Liberian President Charles Taylor for war crimes and crimes against humanity committed in Sierra Leone’s civil war. The deterrent effect of this judgment on civilian and military leaders in third-world, traditionally weak countries run by dictators or despots will reverberate. Taylor had […]
READ MORENew York Senator May Be Retried in Wake of Supreme Court’s “Honest Services” Fraud Decision
New York Senator Joseph L. Bruno was indicted in January of 2009 on eight counts of fraud. A jury in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of New York acquitted Bruno, who is now 81 years old and the former Republican Majority Leader of the New York State Senate, on five of the remaining […]
READ MORENew York Attorney Salvatore J. Piemonte Acquitted on Federal Charges of Allegedly Aiding and Abetting Drug Dealers
Salvatore J. Piemonte, a former prosecutor for the Onondage County District Attorney’s Office in Syracuse, New York, for seven years, and former a local judge, was indicted last November in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of New York for allegedly aiding and abetting the sale of marijuana, according to Syracuse.com. The government charged […]
READ MOREFormer Chicago Bear Indicted in Pump and Dump Scheme
Former professional athletes have a knack of finding their way into serious trouble of the white collar variety. Certainly the few glaring examples are the exceptions to the rule and many former professional athletes go on to have productive careers in other endeavors. However, the most recent such trouble came from former Chicago Bears wide […]
READ MORESEC Enforcement Actions – No Discovery Rule Available to Extend the Statute of Limitations
The Supreme Court ruled yesterday that SEC enforcement actions against investment advisors must be filed within five years from the date of the alleged fraud, not from the date the fraud was discovered by the governmentwas discovered by the government. In Gabelli v. SEC, the SEC sought civil penalties against the chief operating officer and […]
READ MORESupervision Requirements Have Chilling Effect on Medicare Participation
Medicare billing can be a perilous, low-return, high-risk endeavor, with rules that sometimes seem less than logical and can readily trap the uninformed. Take, for example, the question of whether Medicare will reimburse post-doctoral clinical psychologists for psychotherapy services. Psychotherapy is a reimbursed service when it is provided by clinical psychologists. These “Psy. D’s,” as […]
READ MOREA Breath of Fresh Air: The Fairness in Disclosure of Evidence Act of 2012
Just like the freakishly warm weather that descended on the east coast recently, an unexpected breath of fresh air has blown in from, of all places, Washington. Apparently timed to coincide with the release of the report regarding the 2008 Stevens trial, Senator Lisa Murkowski on March 15th introduced the Fairness in Disclosure of Evidence […]
READ MOREWill Gunwalker export violations bust criminal investigation wide open?
A ‘Fast and Furious’ Conspiracy In 2010 a Border Patrol Officer, Brian Terry, was shot and killed close to the US/Mexican border in Arizona. An investigation into Terry’s death sparked a controversy which still rages beneath the surface. Writer and lawyer David T. Hardy wrote “Did Fast & Furious Violate the Arms Export Control Act?” […]
READ MOREThe Case of Salim Ahmed Hamdan
Salim Ahmed Hamdan’s Trip Through Hell Courtesy of the American Governmen With a wife and two daughters, Salim had to earn a living. Life in Yemen was hard. A compatriot told him about work opportunities in Afghanistan. Salim didn’t know that morning as he kissed his family goodbye that he wouldn’t see them again for […]
READ MOREScalia’s Death Row Lunacy
America killed a demonstrably innocent man and other than for a few small groups in Georgia, no one noticed. In August 1989, Mark MacPhail, an off-duty cop in Savannah, Georgia was working part-time as a security guard when he was shot and killed in a parking lot as he helped a homeless man being beaten […]
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