Corporate and White Collar Crime: Cases and Materials

With its focus on substantive law, Corporate and White Collar Crime: Cases and Materials provides systematic and comprehensive consideration of major white-collar crime statutes in the federal criminal code, securities laws, and environmental statutes.

New to the 7th Edition:

• Shift in corporate prosecution policy and individual accountability from Obama-era Deputy Attorney General Sally Yates to Trump-era Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein
• Obstruction of Justice as set out in the Mueller Report on the Investigation into Russian Interference in the 2016 Presidential Election
• High profile Supreme Court decision in the Bridgegate case, Kelly v. United States, 590 U.S. ___ (2020) on the limits of Honest Services Fraud prosecution
• Additional commentary on the apparent corporate crime wave, use of deferred prosecution and non-prosecution agreements, and white collar crime victims

Professors and students will benefit from:

• Up-to-date examples of high-profile white collar crime investigations and legal opinions including the Supreme Court decision involving the Governor of Virginia and the Bridgegate case, as well as the Mueller investigation report
• Energetic and clear written explanations of white collar criminal offenses and concise case excerpts
• Attention to the Responsible Corporate Officer doctrine and individual responsibility for corporate crime more generally
• Case selection that clearly illustrates the elements of proof for the main federal white collar criminal offenses

Teaching materials include:

• Case summaries
• Answers to the questions posed in the casebook
• Available in pdf form only