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White Collar Crime Prof Blog: False Statement Passport Statute Does Not Require Materiality

Sun, 06 Dec 2009 01:12:00 -0500

A defendant convicted of violating 18 U.S.C. 1542, a statute pertaining to a false statement in an application for a passport, argued unsuccessfully that materiality was required. The Second Circuit held that unlike section 1001, materiality was not an element... [...]

Fraud Files Blog: Google Bomb: Internet lawyer John Dozier on defamation online

Sat, 05 Dec 2009 20:34:41 -0500

Number of comments: 3

There’s a fine line between the First Amendment right to free speech and defamation, and this has become an increasingly larger problem online. What do you do if you’ve been careful with your reputation personally and professionally, but someone with a vendetta decides to attack you?

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Gary Weiss: More Inklings of the New Bloomberg BusinessWeek

Sat, 05 Dec 2009 17:48:00 -0500

Wow, third item in a row on BusinessWeek. OK, anyone not interested can pass this one by, but I think that the transformation of the largest-circulation business magazine is of some significance (and I'd feel that way even if I hadn't worked there for eighteen years).
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Lovefraud Blog: A holiday story for the 20-40 crowd

Sat, 05 Dec 2009 14:26:52 -0500

This week we received a letter from a concerned mother of a young adult. In anticipation of the winter holidays I put it up (with some editing) and ask all of you who are struggling with leaving a sociopath to leave now out of respect for your parents and other [...]