Syllabus for Federal White Collar Crime

FEDERAL CRIMES: LAW, STRATEGY AND DEFENSES

USC Law School

Professor Rich Walton

(310) 917-1050 [email protected]

Spring 2008 Hours and Locations

Class: LAW 7, Thursday 1:20 – 4:00 p.m. Office Hour: Thursday 12:00 – 1:00, University Club, or by appointment

Course Materials

Required: Julie R. O’Sullivan, FEDERAL WHITE COLLAR CRIME (3d Ed. 2007) (“Text”). Assigned Statutes, available at:  www.federalwhitecollarcrime.org,  O’Sullivan & Hoggs, 2006 Statutory Supplement, or  United States Code (library or online) Supplemental Materials (“Supplement”), available at the Copy Center.

Optional: Federal Sentencing Guidelines Manual (USSG), available at: http://www.ussc.gov/2007guid/GL2007.pdf Federal Rules of Evidence (library or online) Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure (FRCP) (library or online)

Grading

Grades will be awarded primarily on the basis of an in-class final, but attendance and participation—while not required unless there is a guest speaker—may be considered in determining your course grade. Since there will be several in-class exercises throughout the semester, regular attendance is strongly encouraged.

SofTest may be used for the final.

1 In lieu of the final, you may write a substantive research paper of no less than 20 pages (double spaced, with 12 point font and 1 inch margins, not including the cover page). If you elect to do this, you must submit a topic by the third week of class, an outline by the sixth, and a draft by the twelfth.

Class Topic Assigned Reading Optional Reading Substance: Anatomy of a Federal Crime 1 Basics: Agencies, Text: 53-56 (not including notes), Supplement: Tab M Jurisdiction, and Mens 62-70, 74-75 (notes 10 and 11), 76- [Indictment: U.S. v. Rea 83, 84 (first paragraph), 85-104 Stein et al (aka Supplement: Tab A [Indictment: KPMG Indictment)] U.S. v. Randy “Duke” Cunningham; Disbarment Notice of Robert Gordon; LA Times Article on Mark Abrams Bank Fraud; California Lawyer article on U.S. v. Reyes verdict] 2 Mail/Wire Fraud, Title 26 Text: 381-429 Text: 429-471 Crimes 18 USC §§ 1341, 1343 Supplement: Tab B [Selected IRC sections; Badaracco v. Commissioner, 464 U.S. 386 (1984)], Tab M [Indictment: U.S. v. Stein] 3-4 Defining “is”: Perjury, Text: 251-263, 263-291, 327-357, False Statements, and 375-380 Obstruction 18 USC §§ 1621, 1623, 1001, 1503, 1505, 1519, 1520, 1513, 1514A Supplement: Tab C [U.S. v. Swink, 21 F.3d 852 (8th Cir. 1994); Indictment: U.S. v. Barry Lamar Bonds] 4-5 The Mistake that Never Text: 619-656 Goes Away: Conspiracy Supplement: Tab J [U.S. v. Collotta only] 5-6 Corporate Crimes: Text: 147-148, 185-204, 161-165, Institutional and 167 (n. 4)-176, 178-184 (top), 230- Individual Liability 250 Supplement: Tab D [Indictment: U.S. v. Auffenberg—read only those portions dealing with entities]

2 Class Topic Assigned Reading Optional Reading Process: Strategy & Representation 6-7 Oh, The Places They’ll Text: 105-107, 140-145, 108-140, Go: Sentencing 204-221 USSG §§ 3E1.1(a), 3C1.1, 3B1.1, 3B1.2, 3B1.3, 3A1.1, 4A1.1, 4A1.2, 5K2.16, 5H1.1, 5K1.1, 5K2.13 Supplement: Tab E [Gall v. U.S., 128 S.Ct. 586; Kimbrough v. U.S., 128 S.Ct. 558; “Sentencing Discretion After Booker and the IRS/DOJ Expedited Plea Program,” J. TAX PRAC. & PROC. 67 (January 2006)]

Sentencing Exercise (done in class —no preparation necessary) 8 The Early Worm: Text: 221-230 Avoiding An Supplement: Tab F [I.R.M. Investigation 9.5.3.3.1.2.1 (Voluntary Disclosure); Crystal v. U.S., 172 F.3d 1141 (9th Cir. 1999)] 8 The Late Worm: Supplement: Tab G [U.S. v. Tweel, Investigation 550 F.2d 297 (5th Cir. 1977); “NASCAR Owner to Spend Two Years in Federal Prison,” SI.com; Search Warrant; Special Agent John Broussard, IRS CI PowerPoint Presentation] 8 & 9 Grand Jury Proceedings: Text: 755-767, 769-774, 776-784, Secret, Powerful, and 785-798 Effective FRCP 6 Supplement: Tab H [Grand Jury Subpoena; Grand Jury Subpoena Duces Tecum] 10 Privilege –5th Amendment Text: 887-898, 900-924. 11 Privilege—Attorney Text: 925-983 Client and the Work Product Doctrine 12 Defense Strategy: Text: 843-885 Immunity 13 Defense Strategy: Text: 1062-1082 Text: 1082-1094 Cooperation (“Please” Agreements) Process: Strategy &

3 Class Topic Assigned Reading Optional Reading Representation (cont’d) 13 Defense Strategy: Early Text: 1025-1062 Plea Supplement: Tab I [Tax Division Directive 111; Plea Agreement: U.S. v. Rios] 14 Indictment/Information Text: p.802, n.4 FRCP 7 Supplement: Tab J [Indictments: U.S. v. Harry, et al., U.S. v. Collotta; Information: U.S. v. Rios; U.S. v. Flom, 558 F.2d 1179 (5th Cir. 1977)] 14 Discovery Text: 801-839 14 Pretrial Motions Supplement: Tab K [Motion in Limine by Defendant I. Lewis Libby and Government Response; Motion in Limine by the United States and Opposition by Libby]