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Conrad Black Returns to Prison
Conrad Black Sent Back to Prison
Conrad Black was resentenced today, June 24. His case had been under reconsideration, and he had been out on bail, because of the Supreme Court’s decision severely limiting the doctrine of “honest services” fraud. Frankly, I do not know enough about Black’s case to speak to the content of the resentencing decision.
Conrad Black's Set-Back
The Supreme Court’s “honest services” decision not only sent Jeff Skilling’s case back to the Fifth Circuit, it also sent Conrad Black’s case back to the Seventh Circuit. But Black did not fare well in an opinion written by Judge Richard Posner:
Raj Rajaratnam Wins Suit on Wiretaps
Times Explains Meltdown: Businessmen Are Greedy
Why Has the Financial Crisis Produced Few Criminal Cases? That is what the New York Times wants to know. And the answer it comes up with is: The financial crisis was a product of Wall Street greed, not criminality. This answer serves four purposes. First, for the notoriously leftist NYT, it strikes a note of moderation and fairness.
If You Discover Insider Trading, Can You Trade on Your Discovery?
Riddle me this: What are the ethics and legalities of trading on the discovery of insider trading?
Is the Government Bleeding Chiesi into Submission?
The WSJ is reporting that Danielle Chiesi seeks to have the courts suppress certain statements that she made to FBI agents on the morning of her arrest, on the grounds that she was not informed of her rights. The Journal also reports that Chiesi is “running low on funds to finance her defense,” which of course is one of the government’s favorite ways of pressuring targets to capitulate.
The Soul of Conrad Black