Federal White Collar Crimes: Cases and Materials (American Casebook Series)

This advanced criminal law casebook addresses substantive and procedural areas of importance in white-collar criminal practice. Its comprehensive and practical examination of current issues makes it a valuable resource for practitioners as well as a challenging teaching tool. The book covers perjury, false statements, false claims, obstruction of justice, mail and wire fraud, public corruption, computer crime, insider trading, conspiracy, RICO, and money laundering. The chapters devoted to these central substantive provisions also highlight the considerations that affect prosecutors’ choices in pursuing and charging cases, and defense counsel’s challenges in resisting such choices. The materials further explore the theory and practice of sentencing under the Federal Sentencing Guidelines applicable to individuals and to organizations, and the law and policy governing entity and managerial liability.

The balance of the book is devoted to examination of subjects of particular concern to white-collar practitioners, including grand jury practice; discovery; the privilege against self-incrimination as applied to testimony and to the production of documents; formal and informal immunity; the attorney-client privilege and the work product doctrine in a corporate setting; representation issues (including discussion of joint defenses and the "no-contact" rule); plea-bargaining and cooperation; and parallel proceedings. The materials are intended to challenge students to explore practical, ethical, policy, and institutional issues, as well as to master applicable legal standards.