Reviewing the transcripts of today's Oral Arguments in the Black and Weyhrauch cases (for background see here), here are some additional highlights: Black Justice Scalia - "you speak as though it is up to us to write the statute. We...

Guest Blogger - Timothy O'Toole - Miller & Chevalier This morning's arguments before the Supreme Court raised important questions related to a species of federal mail and wire fraud known as "honest services" fraud. The statutory basis for this...

The media and blogs have been buzzing for the last few days, all discussing the big oral arguments of today. For at long last, the Supreme Court will examine the "honest services" statute (18 U.S.C. 1346), a statute that claims...

Nicholas Confessore, NYTimes, Bruno, Former Albany Leader, Convicted of Corruption; Irene Jay Liu, TimesUnion.com, Bruno convicted on 2 counts, not guilty on five. But the interesting question is what will happen in the next months regarding section...

What does the death penalty have to do with white collar crime? Perhaps the most obvious item to those who practice white collar criminal defense work, is that many white collar attorneys handle or assist on capital cases. It therefore...