Elkan Abramowitz

September 06, 2011 | New York Law Journal

In their White-Collar Crime column, Morvillo, Abramowitz, Grand, Iason, Anello & Bohrer members Elkan Abramowitz and Barry A. Bohrer write that although the DOJ has undertaken to handle prosecutorial misconduct related to non-disclosure internally, practitioners question whether the government properly can police itself with respect to such matters, and they advocate for substantive change. The latest attempt at external reform comes from the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers.

By Elkan Abramowitz and Barry A. Bohrer

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July 01, 2002 | New York Law Journal

S hortly before announcing its verdict in the Arthur Andersen obstruction of justice trial last month, the jurors presented District Judge Melinda Harmon with the perplexing question of whether they had to be unanimous as to which Andersen employee acted with corrupt intent in obstructing the SEC investigation into the collapse of the Enron Corp. Because, as indicated on the special verdict form, the jury ultimately reached a unanimous decision on the identity of the corrupt actor, Judge Harmon`s decision t

By Elkan Abramowitz And Barry A. Bohrer

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