The honest services statute, 18 U.S.C. § 1346, has become a favorite balliwick of federal prosecutors because of its vagueness and broad reach. The statute has been used to invoke criminal penalties for misconduct not only by public officials, but also by private employees and corporate fiduciaries. Courts have upheld convictions under the statute of students who […]
The New York Times is reporting that the Obama administration surprised a panel of Ninth Circuit judges by pressing ahead with the state secrets argument originally conceived by the Bush administration regarding “extraordinary rendition.” In the case, Binyam Mohamed and four other detainees filed suit against a subsidiary of Boeing for arranging flights for the […]
