Yet more backdating news. Attorneys for two former Brocade executives indicted on backdating related fraud charges argued in federal district court that many of the charges against them should be dismissed, The Recorder reports. The Defendants’ motion was primarily predicated on a recent decision by the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals in an Enron related…
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Martha, Martha, Martha
Joan Heminway, a law professor at the University of Tennessee, has written a book entitled “Martha Sewart’s Legal Troubles,” that is due to be published in a week or so. You can order a copy here.
Judge Kaplan Refuses to Split KPMG Trial
The federal district judge overseeing the Justice Department’s prosecution of the KPMG criminal tax case against 18 defendants (16 of them former KPMG employees) yesterday refused the Government’s request to split the defendants into two groups and hold two separate trials. After the beating that the Government, through its proxy KPMG, took from Judge Kaplan…