By Hayes Hunt Recently, the Chief Judge for the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York refused to recuse herself from a case simply because her husband and his clients may have been the victim of…
Monthly Archives: March 2013
Recusal – Judge Impartiality and Disqualification
Tagged with: Caperton v. A.T. Massey Coal, Disqualification, Federal judges, Recusal, SCOTUS
Posted in Prosecution & Defense
Posted in Prosecution & Defense
Court Expands Reach of Anti-Bribery Statute – Lawful Lobbying, Corrupt Bribery & Implicit Quid Pro Quo
By Hayes Hunt and Jeffrey Monhait Last month, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit in United States v. Ring, No. 11-3100 (D.C. Cir. Jan. 25, 2013), upheld a conviction for bribery under the public sector honest-services fraud…
Tagged with: anti-bribery statute, corrupt bribery, corrupt payments & official action defined, Lobbying, Prosecution, quid pro quo, U.S. v. Ring
Posted in Prosecution & Defense
Posted in Prosecution & Defense
