Editorial: 'Honest services fraud' law is too wide a net - Los Angeles Times
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Editorial: 'Honest services fraud' law is too wide a net Los Angeles Times As is often the case with challenges to over-broad statutes, the attacks on the "honest services fraud" law come from unsympathetic defendants. ... Class and justice in America: The Supreme Court and Enron felon Jeffrey Skilling The White-Collar Conundrum. |
Published on Thursday 11th of March 2010 05:26:22 AM
Justices Hear Appeal Of Ex-Chief Of Enron - New York Times (blog)
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 Los Angeles Times | Justices Hear Appeal Of Ex-Chief Of Enron New York Times (blog) Mr. Skilling's conduct, one of the briefs said, “even if wrongful in some way, was not the crime of honest-services fraud, because the government conceded ... Skilling may get legal break Enron Case Has Muni Echoes RPT-Enron's Jeff Skilling takes fight to Supreme Court |
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Supreme Court could bail out Jaramillo - OCRegister
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 Korea Times | Supreme Court could bail out Jaramillo OCRegister Skilling and Jaramillo were convicted of "honest services fraud," which critics consider a kind of catch-all fraud crime defined as "a scheme or artifice to ... Disgraced Enron CEO Skilling Redefines 'Chutzpah' Skilling Remains a Constant Enron revisited: Crown prince of white-collar convicts may walk free |
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SCOTUS Continues Fraud Review - National Journal (blog)
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 Washington Post | SCOTUS Continues Fraud Review National Journal (blog) US, the final in a trio of cases the Court reviewed this session challenging the honest services fraud statute. The case, which involved former Enron ... Strange bedfellows: Skilling v. United States Legal Briefing: Justices Could Grant Enron's Skilling a New Trial Court hears Enron chief's appeal |
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Bruno sentencing postponed, new trial denied - BusinessWeek
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Bruno sentencing postponed, new trial denied BusinessWeek Bruno was convicted of honest services fraud, failing in his duty to provide New Yorkers with his honest services while conflicted by outside business ... Bruno's Sentencing Postponed, New Trial Denied Bruno set to forfeit cash Bruno sentencing postponed until May |
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The U.S. Supreme Court to Take a Hard Look at 'Honest Services' Fraud - PR Newswire (press release)
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The U.S. Supreme Court to Take a Hard Look at 'Honest Services' Fraud PR Newswire (press release) The 1988 law says public officials and executives can be convicted of fraud if they deprive those they represent of the right to honest services. ... |
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Crown Prince of White-Collar Convicts May Go Free: Ann Woolner - BusinessWeek
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Crown Prince of White-Collar Convicts May Go Free: Ann Woolner BusinessWeek But there are five counts, for insider trading and lying to auditors, that have nothing to do with honest services fraud. Those counts would keep Skilling ... |
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Thomas Hagemann, Honest Services Fraud and the Hypothetically Innocent Corporation - Corporate Crime Reporter
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Thomas Hagemann, Honest Services Fraud and the Hypothetically Innocent Corporation Corporate Crime Reporter In December, the Supreme Court heard appeals of two honest services fraud cases – the Conrad Black case from Illinois and the Bruce Weyhrauch case from ... |
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Salesman loses bid to have 2 charges dropped - MiamiHerald.com
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 MiamiHerald.com | Salesman loses bid to have 2 charges dropped MiamiHerald.com ``Certainly, accepting a bribe cannot, under any circumstance, be considered an honest service on the part of the elected official,'' Cohn wrote. ... Corruption charges against Miramar commissioner stand |
Published on Thursday 11th of March 2010 05:26:22 AM
Steven Skurka: Canadian on Death Row - CTV.ca
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Steven Skurka: Canadian on Death Row CTV.ca At a hearing before the United States Supreme Court, the lawyer for former Enron executive, Jeffrey Skilling, argued that the honest services fraud statute ... |
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