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Natgional Law Journal: Selections from the Legal Times Afternoon Update September 10, 2009

By David Badertscher, PLL

Source: NLJ.com, September 10, 2009.

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Taking the SEC to the Woodshed

"Inexperience. Incompetence. Laziness. All were cited as reasons behind the Securities and Exchange Commission's failure to detect Bernard Madoff's $50 billion Ponzi scheme at a packed hearing today before the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs. "

 

Critical Time for Corporate Oversight Agency

"The next few months are shaping up as a critical time in the life of the post-Enron, post-WorldCom reform agency -- the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board".

 

D.C. Court Whittles Down Discrimination Case Against Covington

"Covington & Burling scored a partial victory today in a discrimination suit up on appeal at the D.C. Court of Appeals. The court agreed with the trial court that most of the allegations brought by Kathleen Barrett were time barred and that she failed to prove that she was actually fired or that Covington had forced her to work in a hostile work environment."

 

Breuer: Stevens Verdict ?Tainted? by Prosecution Failures

"Just in case prosecutors around the world hadn't heard about the Ted Stevens case here in Washington, Lanny Breuer this week helped spread the word. Breuer, the assistant attorney general for the Justice Department's Criminal Division, noted the failed prosecution of Stevens in remarks Wednesday in Ukraine -- yes, Ukraine -- at the 14th annual conference of the International Association of Prosecutors. "

 

Appeals Court: D.C. Superior Court Judge Improperly Removed Juror

"Jurors in D.C. Superior Court sometimes get a chance to submit questions to witnesses. Juror 8 in the drug possession trial of Novel Hinton had a lot on his mind."

Full post as published by New York Supreme Court Criminal Term Library on September 11, 2009 (boomark / email).