JANUARY 2, 2014
Date
Class Title
Tues., Jan. 7
SMS
Introduction to White
Collar Crime;
Sentencing I:
Introduction to USSC
Guidelines
Thurs., Jan. 9
SMS and
Guest Lecturer
L. Russell
(Rusty)
Burress,
Principal
Training
Advisor USSC
Sentencing II:
Common White Collar
Sentencing Issues
Casebook
Other Materials for Class Preparation
Jan. 2014
Chap. 3 U.S.
*Full USSC Guideline Manual accessible at
Sentencing
http://www.ussc.gov/Guidelines/2013_Guidelines/Manual_H
Commission (USSC) TML/index.cfm
Guidelines (121164)
“US Commission Reviews White Collar Sentences,” Reuters
(Sept. 17, 2013), accessible at
http://mobile.reuters.com/article/idUSBRE98G1D02013091
7?irpc=932
Fraudulent Billing Scheme Exercise; USSC Guidelines:
1.B1.3 (Relevant Conduct), 2B1.1 (Fraud, Theft, and other
Property Offenses), 3B1.3 (Abuse of Position of Trust or
Special Skill), 3E1.1 (Acceptance of Responsibility), 5A
(Sentencing Table), 4A1.1 (Criminal History); 5K1.1 and
5K1.2 (Substantial Assistance and Refusal to Assist), 5K2.0
(Grounds for Departure)
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* Reference material or non-required reading.
Date
Class Title
Casebook
Tues. Jan. 14
BGB/SMS
Sentencing III:
Sentencing Advocacy
Thurs., Jan. 16
SMS
Entity Liability
Chap. 4B Principles
of Liability (180208)
Tues., Jan. 21
BGB
Mens Rea I
Chap. 2A Public
Welfare Doctrine
(67-100), Chap. 2B
Awareness of Legal
Requirements (100109)
Thurs., Jan. 23
BGB
Mens Rea II
Chap. 2C Other
Doctrines and
Defenses (109-120)
Tues., Jan. 28
BGB
Grand Jury and Other
Government
Investigations
Chap. 13 Grand Jury
(795-842)
Other Materials for Class Preparation
18 U.S.C.§ 3553(a); USSC Guideline 6A (Sentencing
Procedures); Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 32; U.S. v.
Kevin A. Ring: Memorandum Opinion of Sept. 20, 2011
pages 1-19, 36-42 and Appendix A (determining applicable
Guidelines); Defendant’s Sentencing Memorandum (arguing
§ 3553(a) factors); Government’s Sentencing Memorandum
(same)
*U.S. v. James A. Client, Defendant’s Sentencing
Memorandum (prepared by Sentencing Resource Counsel,
Federal Public and Community Defenders)
*US Attorney’s Manual, Title 9, Chapter 27, § § 9-27.710 27.750, accessible at
http://www.justice.gov/usao/eousa/foia_reading_room/usam/
title9/27mcrm.htm
Additional reading TBD
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* Reference material or non-required reading
Date
Class Title
Casebook
Other Materials for Class Preparation
Thurs., Jan. 30
SMS and
Guest Lecturer
Kelli
McTaggart,
Senior
Counsel,
Ethics and
Compliance,
Time Warner,
Inc.
Corporate Compliance
Programs
Chap. 4C (209-233);
Chap. 4D (237-254)
In Re Caremark Int’l Inc. Derivative Action, 698 A.2d 959
(Del. Ch. 1996)
Tues., Feb. 4
SMS
Internal Investigations
Thurs., Feb. 6
SMS
Fifth Amendment I
February 2014
Chap. 4E Corporate 18 U.S.C. § 1512(e)(2); U.S. v. Singleton, 2006 WL 1984467
Internal
(S.D. Tex. July 14, 2006)
Investigations (254262); Chap. 6C
Witness Tampering
Under 18 U.S.C.
1512, Note 13 (407409); Chap. 20B
Parallel Proceedings,
Note 4 (1173-1175)
Chap. 16D
Testimonial
Communications
(950-956); Chap.
16E Incrimination
(956-958)
McKune v. Lile, 536 U.S. 24 (2002)
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* Reference material or non-required reading
Date
Class Title
Casebook
Other Materials for Class Preparation
Tues., Feb. 11
SMS
Fifth Amendment II
Chap. 16F Act of
Production (959968); Chap. 16B
Compulsion (932944)
Kastigar v. U.S., 406 U.S. 441 (1972)
Thurs., Feb. 13
SMS
Collateral Consequences
and Parallel Proceedings
Chap. 20B Fifth
Amendment
Implications (11621175)
S. Salky, The Privilege of Silence (excerpt to be determined)
Tues., Feb. 18
BGB
Prosecutorial Discretion;
Non-Prosecution and
Deferred Prosecution
Agreements
Chap. 19C NonProsecution
Agreements (NPA’s)
and Deferred
Prosecution
Agreements (DPA’s)
(1142-1156)
AG Holder Memorandum re DOJ Policy on Charging and
Sentencing (May 19, 2010);
Principles of Federal Prosecution, US Attorney’s Manual,
Title 9, Chapter 27, § § 9-27.200 - 27.270, accessible at
http://www.justice.gov/usao/eousa/foia_reading_room/usam/
title9/27mcrm.htm
Sample DPA’s and NPA’s TBD
Thurs., Feb. 20
SMS
Fraud offenses
Chap. 7A Mail and
Wire Fraud (419432); Chap. 7B
(433-436) (443-456)
Tues., Feb. 25
SMS
Plea Bargaining I
Chap. 19A and B
Plea Bargaining
(1087-1123)
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* Reference material or non-required reading
March 2014
Thurs., Feb. 27
BGB
Plea Bargaining II
Chap. 19C Plea and
Cooperation
Agreements (11241142); Chap. 15B &
C Proffers and
Informal Immunity
Agreements (908929)
Tues., Mar. 4
BGB
Conspiracy
Chap. 10 A & B
Conspiracy (665700)
Thurs., Mar. 6
SMS
False Statements,
Obstruction, Perjury
Chap. 5A & B
Perjury, False
Statement (283314), (318-324);
Chap. 6 Obstruction
of Justice (361-62);
Chap. 6C Witness
Tampering (392405)
Tues., Mar. 11
No Class – Spring
Break
Thur., Mar. 13
No Class - Spring
Break
Sample plea and cooperation agreements TBD
E. Podgor, “White Collar Innocence: Irrelevant in the High
Stakes Risk Game,” 85 Chicago-Kent L. Rev. 77 (2010)
*US Attorney’s Manual, Title 9, Chapter 27, § § 9-27.330 27.650, accessible at
http://www.justice.gov/usao/eousa/foia_reading_room/usam/
title9/27mcrm.htm
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* Reference material or non-required reading
Tues., Mar. 18
BGB
Public Corruption
Chap. 7 C1 Honest
Services Fraud, §
1346 (477, 486500); Chap. 8A
Federal Bribery and
Gratuities Under
§ 201(503-530);
Chap. 8C Federal
Program Bribery,
Theft, and Fraud
Under § 666 (549563)
* The Hobbs Act, 18 USC § 1951
Thurs., Mar. 20 Federal Campaign
Finance Crimes
SMS
Chap. 11, S. Salky, L. Kiernan, E. Smith, The Criminal
Enforcement of Campaign Finance Laws – Thomson West’s
Political Activity, Lobbying Laws and Gift Rules Guide
Tues., Mar. 25
BGB and
Guest Lecturer
Paula
Junghans,
Partner,
Zuckerman
Spaeder LLP;
former
Assistant
Attorney
General of the
Tax Division,
US DOJ
Spies v. U.S., 317 U.S. 492 (1943)
Sansone v. U.S., 380 U.S. 343 (1965)
U.S. v Pomponio, 429 U.S. 10 (1976)
Cheek v. U.S., 498 U.S. 192 (1991)
Boulware v. U.S., 128 S. Ct. 1168 (2008)
U.S. v. Klein, 247 F.2d 908 (2d Cir., 1957)
U.S. v. Coplan, 703 F.3d 46 (2d. Cir., 2012) (majority
opinion’s discussion of the conspiracy to defraud the United
States)
Tax Offenses
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* Reference material or non-required reading
Thurs., Mar. 27 Representation Issues –
Corporate
SMS
Indemnification and
Joint Defense
Agreements
Chap. 18C & D
(1050 – 1086)
April 2014
TBD
Tues., Apr. 1
BGB and
Guest Lecturer
Chris Merriam,
Asst. Dep.
Chief – IP,
Computer
Crime &
Intellectual
Property
Section, US
DOJ
Intellectual Property
Crimes and Computer
Crimes
Thurs., Apr. 3
SMS
Insider Trading
Chap. 9 – Securities
Fraud
(592-632)
Tues., Apr. 8
BGB
Forfeitures, Fines, and
Restitution
Chap. 11 (748 751)
Thurs., Apr. 10
BGB
Discovery, Jenks, Brady
Chap. 14 Discovery
(843-887)
18 U.S.C. §§ 981 (civil forfeiture); 982 (criminal
forfeiture); 3555 (order of notice to victims); 3556 (order of
restitution)
USSC Guidelines Chap. 5, Part E
Additional reading TBD
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* Reference material or non-required reading
Tues., Apr. 15
BGB
Foreign Corrupt
Practices Act (FCPA)
Thurs., Apr. 17
BGB
Trial Issues
Chap. 8D – Foreign
Corrupt Practices
Act (563-596)
TBD
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* Reference material or non-required reading