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  Chicago Criminal Law Attorney | Vincent F. Cornelius | White Collar Crime Lawyer
A: White collar crime is a term originally used to describe criminal activity by members of the upper classes in connection with their professions.
White collar crimes are usually less violent than other crimes, but their effects can be just as devastating, such as in the recent Enron case.
Many white collar criminal defendants have had their cases damaged by something they said or did in the early stages of an investigation, before they were targeted or suspected.
www.corneliuslaw.com /CM/FSDP/PracticePage/Criminal-Law/White-Collar-Crime.asp   (838 words)

  
 White-collar worker - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
It went from 17% of employees having white collar jobs in 1900 to 59.4% of employees having white collar jobs in 1998.
The growth in white collar employment was directly associated with the increase in mass education within in the U.S. Formerly a minority in the agrarian and early industrial societies, they have become a majority in industrialized countries.
At some companies, the "white collar employees" also on occasion perform "blue collar" tasks (or vice versa), and even change their clothing to perform the distinctive roles, ie.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/White-collar_worker   (708 words)

  
 DLA Piper | US | Services | White Collar   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
The White Collar Practice Group of DLA Piper is one of the most experienced and well respected in the country.
The White Collar group also includes former in-house counsel who understand the expectations of corporate clients, a former law school dean and several adjunct professors, and the past president of the American College of Trial Lawyers.
White collar criminal matters are frequently accompanied by parallel proceedings, such as shareholder suits and other private civil actions, Congressional investigations, suspension and debarment proceedings, qui tam cases under the False Claims Act, forfeitures, IRS actions, and other civil and administrative enforcement actions.
www.dlapiper.com /white_collar   (4518 words)

  
 Michael V. Severo - Los Angeles White Collar Crimes Lawyer / Attorney   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
White collar crimes are governed by the general principles of criminal liability- each crime requires a bad act, a criminal intent, and causation.
The defenses to white collar crime are the same ones applicable to all crimes and include incapacity, insanity, intoxication, and duress.
White collar crime cases often invoke the defense of entrapment.
www.whitecollardefenselawyer.com /PracticeAreas.html   (862 words)

  
 White Collar Crime Prosecutions for January 2006
The comparisons of the number of defendants charged with white collar crime -related offenses are based on case-by-case information obtained by TRAC under the Freedom of Information Act from the Executive Office for United States Attorneys.
The lead investigative agency for white collar crime prosecutions in January 2006 was FBI accounting for 36 percent of prosecutions referred.
In January 2006, 15 percent of white collar crime cases took place in U.S. Magistrate Courts which handle less serious misdemeanor cases, including what are called "petty offenses." In the magistrate courts in January the most frequently cited lead charge was Title 18 U.S.C Section 1344 involving the "Bank fraud".
trac.syr.edu /tracreports/bulletins/white_collar_crime/monthlyjan06   (1131 words)

  
 White Collar Crime Attorneys
The phrase "white collar crime" was coined in 1939 during a speech given by Edwin Sutherland to the American Sociological Society.
White collar crimes typically refer to a type of crime committed by business people, entrepreneurs, public officials, and professionals through deception normally committed in a commercial setting for financial gain, as opposed to street crimes which tend to involve force and violence.
White collar crime is also enforced at the state level with each state employing its own agencies to enforce the laws.
www.lawinfo.com /index.cfm/fuseaction/Client.lawarea/categoryid/79   (501 words)

  
 Fraud, Embezzlement, Hacking/Cracking, Computer Crimes
White Collar Crime is broad in its definition.
White collar crime encompasses business crimes, computer crimes (including hacking or cracking: the crime of breaking into a computer network), internet crimes, government crimes, graft, corruption and financial frauds.
White collar crimes are usually felonies, the most serious category of criminal offenses.
www.nvo.com /beaulier/whitecollarcrime   (1915 words)

  
 The Sociological Origins of "White-Collar Crime
"White collar crime," says Sutherland, is "crime committed by a person of respectability and high social status in the course of his occupation."
7 ("The term `white collar' is used here to refer principally to business managers and executives, in the sense in which it was used by a president of General Motors who wrote `An Autobiography of a White Collar Worker.'").
In his foreword to the 1961 edition of Professor Sutherland's book White Collar Crime, Professor Donald R. Cressey commented that the book "clearly was not an attempt to extend the concept, `crime,' despite the beliefs of some reviewers." Edwin H. Sutherland, White Collar Crime iv (2d ed.
www.heritage.org /Research/LegalIssues/lm14.cfm   (2637 words)

  
 White Collar Crime
Traditional white collar crime has become increasingly complex due to the advent of technology.
In response to the growth of this type of crime and appreciating its difficulties, the District Attorney's Office developed a White Collar Crime Unit in 1996, dedicated to the prosecution of economic crime.
The White Collar Crime Unit consists of three prosecutors and one supervising attorney.
www.da-tulareco.org /white_collar.htm   (445 words)

  
 White Collar Crime   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Most white collar defendants have no prior experience with the criminal justice system, and the question of what could happen looms understandably large in their minds.
Many white collar offenses may give rise to civil lawsuits, brought either by the federal or state government, or by the victims of the offense.
An experienced white collar crime attorney can give specific advice on the possible civil liability in a particular case.
www.southtexaslawfirm.com /CM/FSDP/PracticeCenter/Criminal-Law/White-Collar-Crime.asp   (744 words)

  
 White Collar Defense
In 2004-2005 Horowitz has obtained outright dismissals in two white collar cases and prevented the filing of charges in a major professional fraud case.
White collar cases often require computer expertise and very specific business related skills.
Most white collar defense attorneys lack extensive trial experience.
www.whitecollar.us   (1627 words)

  
 BNA - White Collar Crime Report
Legal developments affecting the prosecution and defense of fraud and other white collar crimes are the focus of this compelling new notification service.
Stay informed of judicial, legislative, and regulatory developments relating to the prosecution and defense of white collar crime, in all types of cases from across the country.
Track litigation and other legal developments involving white collar crime cases in all federal courts, and significant legal developments in state courts.
www.bna.com /products/lit/wcln.htm   (219 words)

  
 White Collar Crime   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
White collar crime is a major focus of the U.S. Department of Justice.
The mission of NW3C is to provide a nationwide support system for agencies involved in the prevention, investigation, and prosecution of economic and high-tech crimes and to support and partner with other appropriate entities in addressing homeland security initiatives, as they relate to economic and high-tech crimes.
Fitting a punishment to white-collar crime - White Collar crime rarely prompts outrage or draws lengthy prison sentences.
www.karisable.com /crwc.htm   (2572 words)

  
 AT WORK: Giacomo Patri - White Collar   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
White Collar is a novel in linocuts by Giacomo Patri portraying the injustices of workers during the Depression.
Largely undiscovered, because the images of class struggle, unionization, and abortion were controversial for their time; Patri was forced to print and publish White Collar privately in limited numbers.
Unable to find work with advertising agencies, the novel’s protagonist loses his house just as his wife informs him that she is pregnant.
www.sfsu.edu /~gallery/labor/whitecollar   (384 words)

  
 White Collar Crime: News   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
White collar crime or commercial crime involves crimes such as fraud, bribery, corruption etc. Although it does not receive as much publicity as other forms of crime, it costs South Africa and all its people a lot more as it robs our economy of much needed capital.
Commercial crime is a lot easier to hide than other forms of crime and therefore it is much harder for the business to stop and the criminal justice system to deal with.
It will provide an electronic version of BAC's "Dealing with White Collar Crime" handbook as well as providing details of the current "scams" used by fraudsters and publicise recent successes of the SAPS.
www.whitecollarcrime.co.za   (461 words)

  
 Narco News Editorial on Citigroup and White Collar Terrorists
The sweat under the white collars of bank executives in New York is not due to fear of suicide bombers.
The specter haunting Citigroup and the other large banks is that the fast march of current events could lead to a new public understanding and outrage: that terrorism and the illicit drug trade that funds it could not exist without banks to launder their funds.
The impunity of White Collar Terrorism, reaping its profits from the U.S. policy of drug prohibition and the corrupt and selective enforcement by the government that protects it, guarantees that Bush's "war on terrorism" is already lost.
www.narconews.com /whitecollarterror1.html   (2424 words)

  
 White Collar Crime Spree.(Brief Article) - Multinational Monitor - HighBeam Research   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
ONE IN THREE U.S. HOUSEHOLD is now the victim of white collar crime, according to new research conducted by the National White Collar Crime Center.
The findings also reveal a growing public concern with the seriousness of white collar crime and the criminal justice system's ability to control it.
The survey, which was conducted between January and April 1999 by the Training and Research Institute of the National White Collar Crime Center in Morgantown, West Virginia, is the first of its kind in nearly two decades.
www.highbeam.com /doc/1G1-64995244.html   (159 words)

  
 White Collar Crime Law Firm | Corporate Fraud Attorney | Dallas Texas TX
is a Dallas, Texas white collar criminal defense attorney with a national reputation for effectively defending complex state and federal prosecutions of individuals and corporations.
When a white collar criminal defense case requires public comment, he has the experience and background to effectively counter the prosecution's account of the case and protect his client's reputation.
If you are under investigation or have been charged with a white collar criminal offense, please contact Dan C. Guthrie Jr.
www.whitecollardefense.com   (274 words)

  
 White Collar Crime Research Legal Information, Lawyer, Attorney, Lawyers, Attorneys - Lawyers.com
The term "white collar crime" typically refers to business-related financial crimes.
White collar crimes include antitrust violations, bank fraud, bankruptcy fraud, bribery, computer/internet fraud, credit card fraud, counterfeiting, economic espionage, embezzlement, extortion, forgery, insurance fraud, money laundering, securities fraud, and tax evasion.
Penalties for white collar offenses include fines, jail time, restitution, forfeiture, supervised release, and home detention.
white-collar-crime.lawyers.com   (254 words)

  
 Controlling White Collar Crime
Controlling White Collar Crime: A Workshop Promoting Polish-Ukrainian Cross-Border Cooperation is the first step in a program that addresses the fact that white collar crime often takes place across borders.
Second, white collar crimes often masquerade as legitimate, sophisticated business transactions, and, as a result, adequately controlling white collar crime requires that law enforcement officials understand the business and economic setting in which such crimes occur.
A purely national approach to the problem of white collar crime simply ignores the fact that such crime crosses borders with ease.
www.kentlaw.edu /poland/white_collar_crime.htm   (2238 words)

  
 White-collar crime - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
In terms of social class and status, those employed by the state, whether directly or indirectly, are more likely to be white-collar and so more state crime will be committed through the agency of white-collar employees.
Green, Stuart P. Lying, Cheating, and Stealing: A Moral Theory of White Collar Crime.
Shapiro, B. "Collaring the Crime, not the Criminal: Reconsidering the Concept of White-collar Crime", American Sociological Review 55: 346-65.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/White-collar_crime   (1418 words)

  
 White Collar Crime Prof Blog: Judge Alito and White Collar Crime
Judge Alito's opinion found that the government introduced insufficient evidence of his intent to obstruct justice, holding that his theft of money that was related to an investigation was not enough to show the intent to impede the investigation or prosecution.
In another case familiar to those who follow white collar crime cases, he wrote the opinion in United States v.
In that role, he certainly had significant contact with a wide range of white collar crime issues, so he will be familiar with many of the questions that arise in such cases.
lawprofessors.typepad.com /whitecollarcrime_blog/2005/10/judge_alito_and.html   (645 words)

  
 AlterNet: White-Collar Workers Unite!
The premise that people who have a degree or other qualifications are 'good' people that are being exploited is fine as long as you realize they have done their share of exploiting of the lower class, the usury system of money, and the environment with their 'middle-upper' class lifestyles.
Now that white collar workers are the next group to see the results of this trend, progressives feel the need to organize, but only white collar workers.
Blue collar and white collar workers should unite, not divide, or they will surely be conquered.
www.alternet.org /story/42641   (3064 words)

  
 White Collar Crime Prof Blog
Where White Collar Criminals Wind Up The past year has seen the imprisonment of a number of high-profile white collar defendants, including former CEOs like Jeffrey Skilling and Bernie Ebbers, and former political heavyweights like Representative Randy "Duke" Cunningham and Jack Abramoff.
The prison terms they and others received has increased the awareness of what a change prison life is for white collar defendants.
There is an interesting article from the New York Law Journal (available on Law.Com here) about the process for securing a favorable prison environment for the federal white collar defendant who has been convicted (either after trial or by plea) and faces a prison term.
lawprofessors.typepad.com /whitecollarcrime_blog   (3615 words)

  
 Black Letter Law / White Collar Crime
It will not be the last reference to pop culture in a class that veers from the Martha Stewart trial to the question of who has jurisdiction to penalize poor conduct by professional basketball players.
Black Letter Law/White Collar Crime looks at corporate scandals over the past 30 years—for example, Enron, Drexel Burnham, Ivan Boesky, overseas questionable payments, and corporate political contributions—to help students understand how conflicts of interest can trigger crimes, from bid-rigging to insider trading.
Also discussed is the constitutionality of federal sentencing guidelines—of particular interest to students leaning toward careers as federal prosecutors or SEC enforcement attorneys.
www.law.columbia.edu /curriculum/innovative/white   (551 words)

  
 White Collar Crime Program
The number of senior citizens in this country is rapidly increasing and, unfortunately, senior citizens are the victims of choice for many of the perpetrators of these scams.
The White Collar Crime Unit's training schedule can be located by clicking on the "EDUCATION" link at the top of this page.
APRI's White Collar Crime Unit conducts trainings across the country as well as through the National District Attorneys Association (NDAA) at the National Advocacy Center.
www.ndaa-apri.org /apri/programs/senior_fraud/wcc_home.html   (351 words)

  
 Sentencing and Enforcement of White Collar Crimes
I am also an Adjunct Professor of Law at George Mason University where I teach Criminal Procedure and an advanced seminar on White Collar and Corporate Crime.
I am a graduate of the University of Chicago Law School and a former law clerk to Chief Judge Anderson of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit.
The title of this hearing "Penalties for White Collar Offenses: Are We Really Getting Tough On Crime?" poses an empirical question.
www.heritage.org /Research/Crime/Test061902.cfm   (4431 words)

  
 White Collar Stock Footage - Royalty Free by Wrightwood Labs
Three office workers write on a white board that is divided into many boxes.
Five office workers sit around a table as a fifth worker writes on a flip chart in front of the room.
VID-112 White Collar Professionals: Contains 35 clips in full broadcast quality stock footage at 720*486 30FPS NTSC resolution.
www.wrightwood.com /white_collar.htm   (602 words)

  
 A Former Fraudster Speaks Out about White Collar Crime
I am a former CPA and former Chief Financial Officer of Crazy Eddie, Inc. During the 1980s, I helped mastermind with my cousin Eddie Antar and Uncle Sam M. Antar (co-founders of the company) one of the largest securities frauds of its time.
Contact me about protection against white collar crime, including fraud protection and securities fraud.
In addition please visit my White Collar Fraud Blog for more commentary about current issues.
whitecollarfraud.com   (627 words)

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