White Collar Crime Report: Index-Summary

JOB SAFETY

JOURNAL

– Ed. Note: A list of upcoming conferences and meetings appears at the end of selected issues.

JUDGES

– Sentencing for Medicare fraud, judge unable to set aside prior beliefs about merits of prosecution so case remanded and reassigned (11th Cir.), 459

JURIES

– Expert witness usurped function of jury, human-trafficking conviction upheld despite (8th Cir.), 328
– Extrajudicial data, effect of juror access to new information technologies, Special Report, 264
– Grand jury record, request by Whitewater defendant to unseal 1996 contempt proceedings denied (8th Cir.), 253
– “Honest services fraud” theory, jury instructions need not include (8th Cir.), 456
– Jury trial, right to, not violated by judge's use of acquitted conduct to increase federal guideline sentence (6th Cir.), 37
– Medicare fraud, jury improperly instructed on willful violation by physician (9th Cir.), 145
– Overt act in furtherance of conspiracy, jurors need not agree on specific act committed (7th Cir.), 458
– Plea bargains, risks of jury trial outweigh effects of guilty pleas, Analysis and Perspective, 533

JURISDICTION

– Clean Water Act, bill to clarify scope of federal authority

See LEGISLATION, FEDERAL, S 787

– Video posted on Google Video portal allegedly violated defamation and privacy laws, Italy has jurisdiction over executives, 222

JUSTICE DEPARTMENT (DOJ)

– Appointments

– – Assistant attorneys general, Senate Judiciary Comm. approves nominees for civil, criminal and antitrust divisions, 263; nominees confirmed by Senate, 292
– – Attorney general, Holder nomination approved by Senate Judiciary Comm., 80; Senate confirms, 113
– – Deputy attorney general, associate attorney general, and solicitor general named by Obama, 45; Senate Judiciary Comm. approves nominees for associate attorney general and solicitor general, 187; Senate confirms deputy attorney general and associate attorney general, 223

– Depoliticization and restoration of morale likely top priorities for Obama administration, Special Report, 114
– Politically-based hiring for DOJ career positions, Civil Rights Division official violated laws, DOJ inspector general report, 75
– Prosecutorial misconduct, Sen. Stevens (R-Alaska) public corruption case

– – Abramoff scandal, integrity unit chief removed from case against House aide, 423
– – Ethics unit chief, Attorney General Holder replaces after dismissal of case, 294