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"DOJ May Rein In Use of 'Honest Services' Statute"

By Walter Olson

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All sorts of defendants, from newspaper magnate Conrad Black to Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich, have been prosecuted on grounds that they violated the federal fraud statute by depriving stockholders or voters of their right to "honest services". "But the U.S....

Full post as published by Point of Law on June 22, 2009 (boomark / email).

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