The president of the ABA is backing legislation that would bar prosecutors from pressuring companies to waive attorney-client privilege and cut off employees’ legal fees.
A former lawyer for the Internal Revenue Service is among four past and present partners of Ernst & Young charged today in an alleged tax fraud scheme intended to benefit…
The government’s star witnesses took the stand yesterday in the trial of media magnate Conrad Black, accused of taking unauthorized payments as chairman of Hollinger International.
This hasn’t been a great week for former Illinois Gov. James R. Thompson. Now a well-known lawyer at a prominent Chicago law firm, he spent several days this week testifying…
Seemingly lax oversight by members of the Hollinger International board and audit committee revealed in testimony this week in an ongoing Chicago prosecution of high-level corporate employees undoubtedly have raised…
An oil company has agreed to pay $44 million in combined fines and penalties for bribing foreign officials, the largest penalty to date, the Justice Department has announced.
Federal prosecutors have cleared former Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist of any wrongdoing in his sale of stock in a hospital chain, the Washington Post reports.
The federal government hasn’t collected a $22.3 million judgment against the former CEO of Gemstar-TV Guide International Inc.—and doesn’t know where he is, according to a Apr 25, 2007 3:12 PM CDT
As previously predicted, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission sued former Apple Inc. general counsel Nancy Heinen today, claiming that she participated in a scheme to backdate stock options grants…
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