Judiciary Committee To Explore Fraud Prosecutions After Skilling

The Senate Judiciary Committee is holding a hearing tomorrow, September 28, at 10:00 a.m. to consider what to do about the “honest services” law, if anything, following the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in the Skilling case. The title of the hearing is: “Restoring Key Tools to Combat Fraud and Corruption After the Supreme Court's Skilling Decision.”

The committee will hear from Lanny A. Breuer, Assistant Attorney General, Criminal Division; Samuel Buell, Professor, Duke University School of Law; Michael Seigel, Professor, University of Florida Levin College of Law; and George Terwilliger, Partner,
White & Case.