Attorney General Kane Files Wiretap Charges Against Two Lawyers
This post was co-authored by David F. Herman, an associate in Montgomery McCracken’s Litigation Department. He serves an editor of the firm’s Data Privacy Alert blog, which focuses on data privacy and cybersecurity issues. David can be reached at 215.772.7614 or at dherman@mmwr.com. On Monday,… Read More
General Petraeus Avoids Jail for Leaking Classified Information to Girlfriend
Yesterday, former CIA head and retired General David H. Petraeus was sentenced for leaking classified information about the war in Afghanistan to his biographer/mistress, Paula Broadwell. Broadwell published a biography about him in 2012, “All In: The Education of David Petraeus,” before the affair was… Read More
More Puritanical Punishment Courtesy of Utah: “White Collar Crime Registry”
This post was co-authored by White Collar Alert contributor, Erin Dougherty. Yesterday, Utah Governor Gary Herbert signed a new bill into law that creates a “Utah White Collar Crime Offender Registry” (the “Registry”). This Registry – which is the first of its kind relating to… Read More
It’s All About the Culture . . . and Committing the Resources to Protect It and Yourself
Christopher Scott D’Angelo, MMWR Partner and Chairman of its International Practice, recently wrote an article published in the Pharmaceutical Compliance Monitor about the importance of creating and maintaining a culture of compliance within a company. He emphasizes the benefits of such efforts in light of… Read More
Goldman Sachs Case: Know and Understand Your Corporate By-Laws Concerning Legal Fees
Goldman Sachs Group Inc. has recently garnered a lot of press on the ongoing litigation on former Goldman programmer and vice president Sergey Aleynikov’s demands for indemnification and advancement of attorneys’ fees. These fees arise from what The New York Times has called “the bizarre… Read More
Justice Department’s Integrity Section Scores a Win in McDonnell Case: Gov. McDonnell Should Have Accepted the Plea Deal Because the Broken Marriage Defense Didn’t Work
More than two years after the Justice Department Public Integrity Section’s embarrassing fumble in the campaign finance trial that didn’t result in a conviction against former U.S. Senator John Edwards, the section successfully prosecuted former Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell (a onetime Republican rising star who… Read More
The Gov. Rick Perry Indictment: Another Weak Case that Shouldn’t Have Been Charged
The news outlets exploded this weekend with commentary on the Gov. Rick Perry indictment, and the criticism was fast and swift to deem it a very weak case. On Friday, Perry was indicted on two felony counts that arose from his decision to veto state… Read More
Public Officials: Don’t Drive the Ferrari and Don’t Take the Rolex
Whether or not prosecutors will prove the 14 count indictment against former Governor Bob McDonnell of Virginia and his wife, Maureen, remains to be seen. The public corruption trial is currently into the second week, and the New York Times has described the evidence as… Read More
If You are Subpoenaed to Appear Before a Pennsylvania Grand Jury, Learn from Graham Spanier’s Mistake: Take Your Lawyer
We wrote about the ongoing fallout from the Jerry Sandusky scandal in January, and whether former Penn State General Counsel Cynthia Baldwin made some critical missteps by appearing at the grand jury with former President Graham Spanier, Vice President Gary Schultz, and Athletic Director Tim… Read More