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May 25, 2009

“Maybe they were expecting a hurricane.” – Steve Simpson drives disaster-response RV to Talladega

“Maybe they were expecting a hurricane.” – Steve Simpson drives disaster-response RV to Talladega Public Safety Commissioner Steve Simpson and others recently attended an event at the Talladega Superspeedway in an RV the state highway patrol uses for disaster response, leaving some to question if the RV should have been used for such a purpose.…
News  |  Magnolia Tribune  • 
May 25, 2009

WSJLAWBLOG – Honest Services Fraud

Conrad Black, the Supreme Court, and Honest Services Fraud What makes the federal fraud statutes so potent is the so-called “honest services” provision, which was added by Congress in 1988 to overturn a Supreme Court decision in McNally v. United States that had read the statutes restrictively. Deceptively short, the honest services provision, 18 U.S.C.…