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even when a rape has occurred. A cleaning woman in a fancy New York hotel accused Dominic Strauss-Kahn—then the head of the World Bank—of forcing her to have oral sex with him. His lawyers first denied that there had been any encounter

when he was examined by doctors for bruises. Look at that photograph and imagine what the alleged victim in this case saw

and there was some forensic evidence—the cocaine in her urine—to corroborate her suspicions. But the value of the forensic evidence depended entirely on whether she was telling truth about not having used cocaine prior to the alleged rape. If she had recently used cocaine

…ords prosecutors enormous discretion to pick and choose whom to prosecute among the many violators. I worked on such a case recently

… of 25 years for each separate massage. This could have resulted in life imprisonment. We probably could have won the case had we decided to litigate

…m. He knew that he could litigate and try to win – as he ended up doing. He also knew that he could try to settle the case

banal and self-centered. High profile cases are a decidedly mixed bag. If you never have a celebrity case during your career

he had nearly graduated and the school told the justices that he would be allowed to graduate even if the Supreme Court ruled against him. For that reason

… parents of applicants concerned that Harvard was returning to a quota system. These concerns increased when the Bakke case came to the Supreme Court and Harvard took the lead in defending race-specific affirmative action programs

…h one with possible legal defenses of necessity (choice of evils) and justification (killing to protect her son). That case is pending as I write these words.

” which also points to the most serious limitation of the revisionist case. The “triumph of the West” that followed the collapse of communism in Europe was clearly not the “end of history.” As Ferguson must know

Mueller will be presenting a weak and politically-motivated case. The Mueller view seems to be that the obstruction charges go to the heart of exposing how Trump has abused his power and turned the White House into a corrupt fiefdom.

…l nor sentencing could proceed without proper notice to the victim, this restriction will affect only a small number of cases for a short period of time. Many federal cases lack a specifically identifiable victim (e.g., drug and immigration offenses) and thus are not covered by t...

…unt of enhanced compliance and kind of reporting required varies according to the facts and circumstances of individual cases. In criminal cases, a company’s sentence, or a DPA or NPA with a company, may require the appointment of an independent corporate monitor. Whether a moni...

…xecutive. How would DOJ and SEC evaluate the potential FCPA liability of Company A and its employees? This is not the case of a single “rogue employee” circumventing an otherwise robust compliance program. Although Company A's finance and compliance officers had the correct ins...