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Immigration Becomes a "Back Burner" Issue in the U.S.
in Global Mobility Report, on November 24, 2008
...ture that facilitates illegal migration and employment you'd expect a higher number of employer prosecutions."
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The Lori Drew Case and the Future of Anonymity on the Web
in The Social Networking Weblog, on November 18, 2008
Steven Hodson at The Inquisitr published an interesting piece yesterday on the Lori Drew case and the legal implications it may eventually have for anonymity on the web.
Lori Drew's trial began today.
Hodson (along with Mark 'Rizzn' Hopkins over at Mashable) wants you to thin...
No more corporate crime hardball
in Sox First, on July 10, 2008
In another sign that the administration is easing up on its fight against corporate crime , the US Justice Department is backing off from its hard-line that forces corporations to turn over confidential communications between their attorneys and company executives under scrutiny by prosecu...
The problem with deferred prosecutions
in Sox First, on June 9, 2008
...em for prosecutors to do special deals with companies accused of wrongdoing in the form of deferred prosecutions. Some good insights into this last month from political writer Cheri Cabot . As she ...
Global corruption on the rise
in Sox First, on May 14, 2008
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With the the growth of the prosecutions under the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA), something I have talekd about here and here , you would think people would have learned. Not according t...
Send Wesley Snipes to jail: prosecutors
in Sox First, on April 16, 2008
... this sentencing memorandum . US attorney Robert O'Neill pulls no punches. "Criminal tax prosecutions play a vital role in our nation's tax system because our system of self-reported ta...
FCPA prosecutions to increase
in Sox First, on February 8, 2008
The long arm of international law is catching up with companies caught bribing. Not only have there been an increase in Foreign Corrupt Practices Act enforcement actions brought by the Department of Justice and the Securities and Exchange Commission. The Organisation for Economic Co-operation a...
RGA Doesn't Like the WTO Decision Either
in Internet Poker, on December 26, 2007
...illegal and has exerted pressure on foreign online gaming companies with forfeitures and threatened prosecutions, they have left domestic online
gambling companies, specifically relating to online h...
Easy time for corporate crooks
in Sox First, on December 19, 2007
...dermine the general deterrent and adverse publicity impact that results from corporate crime prosecutions and convictions, something that has been examined in great detail by Russell Mokhiber a...
Corporate fraud investigations fall
in Sox First, on November 5, 2007
Federal investigations into corporate fraud are plummeting. And the question is why? Is it because the Corporate Fraud Task Force, created by President George W. Bush's executive order in July 2002, has done a great job stopping fraud? Or is it because the Justice Department has just stopped...
Conrad Black finds God
in Sox First, on October 24, 2007
...ation, due process has eroded, and the grand jury is no protection at all against capricious prosecutions. It is a difficult time to be a corporate defendant." Significantly, he hired hig...
The Brocade case: now for the gatekeepers
in Sox First, on August 21, 2007
...rgeting Byrd the SEC has made it clear that none of the gatekeepers should rest easy. And with more prosecutions coming up, that should be a worry for auditors and CFOs....
Efforts to control bribery failing
in Sox First, on July 19, 2007
...found there had only been significant enforcement in 14 of them. Countries where there had been no prosecutions were Argentina, Australia, Austria, Brazil, Chile, Czech Republic, Estonia, Finland, Gr...
Another Wifi Felon Arrested
in The Search Engine Weblog, on May 23, 2007
..." he said. "I would have never guessed."
24 Hour News 8 investigated the number of prosecutions - and found only a handful of WiFi freeloaders prosecuted worldwide. The only way to ca...
The reach of Sarbanes-Oxley: no-one's safe
in Sox First, on March 7, 2007
...rable to arrest if they were to dispose of material whose possession could subject their clients to prosecutions. It would also raise potential conflicts of interest between the attorney and the clien...
Top 10 business shenanigans for 2006
in Sox First, on December 25, 2006
What a year it's been! The stories have just kept coming, and certainly kept me busy here. Scandals and litigation have all been part of the mix covered by Sox First this year. And Governments and business are copping plenty of heat to lift their game. And it's now coming from all Quar...
Corporate crime crackdowns and attorney-client privilege: a delicate balance
in Sox First, on December 5, 2006
...have been pressured to disclose privileged attorney-client information in exchange for more lenient prosecutions. In an excellent post on the White Collar Crime Blog , on December 1, professor Ellen...
Auditors and white collar crime: advice from an expert
in Sox First, on October 5, 2006
...n the late 1980s and went on to serve as the government's key witness in the criminal and civil prosecutions of the case. He pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit securities fraud, conspiracy to...
Execs charged in stock options probe - just a start
in Sox First, on July 21, 2006
The first executives have been charged with fraud in the stock options probe and there are more to come. The former chief executive of Brocade Communications Systems Inc , Gregory Reyes, and another executive Stephanie Jensen are the first to be charged. The pair also face civil charges and if...
Conrad Black's garden
in Sox First, on July 14, 2006
...screpancies. With Enron now out of the way, Black of course is the next big fish on the list of US prosecutions for corporate malfeasance. Black and several former executives of Hollinger Internation...
Black's battle
in Sox First, on June 26, 2006
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The legal battle between US prosecutors and Conrad Black, the next big fish in the corporate prosecutions checklist, has escalated with prosecutors mocking Black and accusing him of telling lies ...
The Greening of Corporations
in Sox First, on April 24, 2006
...ble by the polity. Given business's ability to water down implementing regulations and to limit prosecutions, and most importantly the gross imbalance of resources in the large corporation's f...
Global world of bribery and facilitation payments.
in Sox First, on March 8, 2006
...licit payments in the oil-for-food programme. But the reality is that the hit rate for successful prosecutions for foreign bribery and corruption has not been that good, which is a bit of a worry gi...