Recorded: Monday, December 7, 2009

Summary: On Tuesday, December 8, the Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in two high–profile “honest services” fraud cases, Conrad Black v. United States and Bruce Weyhrauch v. United States. In his often–quoted dissent from denial of certiorari in Sorich v. United States, Justice Scalia wrote: “If the ’honest services’ theory ... is taken seriously and carried to its logical conclusion, presumably the statute also renders criminal a state legislator’s decision to vote for a bill because he expects it will curry favor with a small minority essential to his reelection [and] a mayor’s attempt to use the prestige of his office to obtain a restaurant table without a reservation .... Indeed, it would seemingly cover a salaried employee’s phoning in sick to go to a ball game.” 
 
Panelists:
Timothy P. O’Toole, Miller & Chevalier - (Counsel for Defendant, United States v. Kevin Ring) >>click here for biography
John D. Cline, Jones Day - (Amicus counsel for NACDL, Skilling v. United States) >>click here for biography
Thomas A. Hagemann, Gardere Wynne Sewell - (Counsel for Def., United States v. Brown et. al.) >>click here for biography
Moderated by: Shana–Tara Regon, Director of White Collar Crime Policy, NACDL - >>click here for biography




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