Docket Watch: 23 Dec 2011
Watching the dockets this holiday season so you don’t have to:
To blow or not to blow: the whistle… If you knew your employer was defrauding the public or the government, would you go outside the company to stop the fraud? New law firm study finds that 78 percent, would do blow the whistle on their employers if they were defrauding the public or government under condition of anonymity and if it would result in a monetary award. [Truthout]
You’re outta here… Today, U.S. District Judge Richard Leon’s threw out the conspiracy case against six defendants charged with the bribery of the defense minister of Gabon. During the case, the U.S. Justice Department failed in their efforts to introduce sufficient evidence that FBI agents and a defense industry cooperator successfully orchestrated a sting to expose multiple violations of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act. [Legal Times]
Boy, I hope this isn’t spreading… You will recall that we reported last week on Manhattan U.S. District Judge Jed Rakoff giving the SEC grief over its proposed settlement with Citigroup. Now it turns out that a federal judge in Milwaukee is asking similar questions about the agency’s deal with headphone maker Koss Corp. and its chief executive. [Wall Street Journal]
Connecting the dots… In what can only be described as true modern-day investigative journalism, the online publication of The Hindu has uncovered a series of transactions that have put Israel, Iran and Kaman Precision Products Inc., in Orlando, Florida into a three-way partnership that could have serious international implications. It all began this week when the U.S. Department of Justice announced a prosecution under the False Claims Act. [The Hindu]
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