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Former Madoff accountant pleads guilty to fraud charges
November 4, 2009
[JURIST] Former outside accountant for Bernard Madoff [JURIST news archive], David Friehling [case materials], pleaded guilty [plea agreement, PDF; DOJ press release, PDF] Tuesday to fraud charges in the US District Court for the Southern District of New York [official website]. Despite his guilty p....... [more] 
Supreme Court to hear Enron ex-CEO appeal
October 13, 2009
[JURIST] The US Supreme Court [official website; JURIST news archive] on Tuesday granted certiorari [order list, PDF] in four cases, including the case of former Enron CEO Jeffrey Skilling [JURIST news archives]. In Skilling v. United States [docket; cert. petition, PDF], the Court will consider whe....... [more]
Supreme Court declines to review ex-Qwest CEO insider trading conviction
October 5, 2009
[JURIST] The US Supreme Court [official website; JURIST news archive] on Monday declined to review [order list, PDF] the conviction of former Qwest Communications [corporate website] CEO Joseph Nacchio [JURIST news archive] on charges of insider trading. The Court denied Nacchio's petition for certi....... [more]
Associated Press CEO urges Senate to increase government transparency
October 1, 2009
[JURIST] Associated Press CEO Tom Curley told the Senate Judiciary Committee [official website] on Wednesday that passage of the OPEN FOIA Act [text] is a necessary first step [testimony, PDF] to counter the "secrecy reflex at some agencies." At a hearing [materials; recorded video], Curley said tha....... [more]
Former Enron Broadband CEO sentenced to 16 months for wire fraud
September 29, 2009
[JURIST] Former Enron Broadband Services (EBS) [JURIST news archive] CEO Joe Hirko was sentenced [DOJ press release] Monday to 16 months in prison for misrepresenting to investors the capabilities of Enron's broadband service. Hirko pleaded guilty last October to one count of wire fraud for issuing....... [more]
DOJ announces state secrets reform policies
September 24, 2009
[JURIST] US Attorney General Eric Holder [official profile] on Wednesday announced [memorandum, PDF] new state secrets [JURIST news archive] policies, seeking to establish greater government accountability and oversight. The new procedures and policies, set to take effect on October 1, are aimed at....... [more]
Europe official urges countries to disclose role in CIA secret prisons
August 23, 2009
[JURIST] Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) [official website] rapporteur Dick Marty [BBC profile] on Friday called on [press release] European countries to show accountability for their role in assisting the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) [official website] in using secret pr....... [more]
US reaches deal with Switzerland over access to anonymous UBS accounts
August 20, 2009
[JURIST] The US government on Wednesday reached an agreement [press release] with Switzerland that would grant the US Internal Revenue Service (IRS) [official website] access to information on thousands of Swiss bank accounts. As part of the agreement [text, PDF], the Swiss government will instruct....... [more]
Ninth Circuit overturns stock options backdating conviction of Brocade ex-CEO
August 19, 2009
[JURIST] The US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit [official website] on Tuesday overturned the conviction [opinion, PDF] of former Brocade Communications Systems [corporate website] CEO Gregory Reyes for backdating stock options [JURIST news archive]. Citing prosecutorial misconduct, the appeal....... [more]
Burundi urged to punish perpetrators of human rights violations during civil war
August 14, 2009
[JURIST] Human Rights Watch (HRW) [advocacy website] on Thursday urged the government of Burundi [JURIST news archive] to hold accountable those responsible for human rights violations [press release] during the country's 16-year armed conflict. HRW released the statement on the fifth anniversary of....... [more]
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