As is well known, Bear Stearns, one of the largest investment banks in the world, was sold to JP Morgan Chase and effectively ceased to exist in March of 2008, after two Bear Stearns hedge funds invested in collateralized debt obligations—mainly subprime home loans—and once worth approximately $1.6 billion, lost nearly all of their value. […]
READ MOREMedia and Prosecutors Blamed for Rift between Attorney and his Client
tarkady Delay tactics can sometimes get you into a pinch. Judge Kenneth J. King denied a motion by Robert Bashara’s attorneys to be removed from the case. There are several reasons this can happen. Bashara cited his lawyer’s ineffectiveness and blamed the prosecutor and media. Attorney David Griem cites a breakdown in communication as the […]
READ MOREMarket Hotel Shut Down By Cops; Now Trying To Go Legit
Last night, Market Hotel was raided by the NYPD during a routine Saturday night show featuring Smith Westerns, Golden Triangle, Darlings and Big Troubles. The raid apparently consisted of 20 or so cops storming the venue and telling everyone to leave immediately. This is, obviously, a total bummer to pass along, but there might be […]
READ MORETown in Massachusetts Wants to Fine Potty Mouths
Middleborough, Massachusetts wants to fine people who use profanity in public. They would like to make profanity “disorderly conduct”. This got me thinking about the movie Demolition Man where every time someone cursed they were issued a fine. Is this the direction we’re headed? Okay, okay, this is one town in a liberal state, maybe […]
READ MOREHenry ‘Curtis’ Jackson Jr. Executed In Mississippi For Killing 4 Nieces, Nephews
Is Mississippi Safer Because Another Black Man Died? The man lay on his back on the gurney. A portion of the red prison jumpsuit visible above the edge of the sheet which rose and fell with his breathing. Four tubes slithered from the wall and disappeared under the sheet. “Do you have any final words?” […]
READ MOREGeorge Zimmerman and the Presumption of Innocence: Redux
As a NYC Criminal Attorney, I was under the false impression that this would die down after a while, but I forget it is an election year and we still have 24 hour news networks. So, I’ve decided to write this post on the George Zimmerman and Trayvon Martin case—mostly, because I’ve found that when […]
READ MORECharles Taylor Trial Sheds Light on War Crimes Proceedings
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 MOREJustice Department Defends the Role of Deferred-Prosecution Agreements in Corporate Crime Enforcement
A top attorney with the U.S. Department of Justice recently defended the use of deferred-prosecution agreements (DPA’s) to combat corporate wrongdoing. On September 13, 2012, Assistant U.S. Attorney General Lanny Breuer, spoke to the New York Bar Association and maintained that that the increased use of such agreements has had a “transformative effect” on corporate […]
READ MORESarah Palin E-mail Hacking Case Goes to Jury
Knoxvillenews.com has been intensively covering and elsewhere the trial of David C. Kernell, son of Tennessee State Representative Mike Kernell of Memphis and former University of Tennessee student, who was charged in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee with hacking into the electronic mail account of former Governor of Alaska and Vice Presidential candidate Sarah […]
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 […]
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