Corruption

In 1938, then-Manhattan District Attorney Thomas E. Dewey – yes, that Thomas E. Dewey – created the “Rackets Bureau,” which has conducted long term investigations into the corrupt activities of criminal enterprises including matters involving construction fraud and public corruption.   

MapLight, a nonpartisan research organization that examines money's influence on politics, has conducted an analysis of campaign contributions from companies and organizations to the sitting members of Congress from each state.

Federal rules about cameras in the courtroom have made it impossible for Ohioans, for us here at the Financial Fraud Law Blog, or for anyone else anywhere to see what’s happening in a trial over alleged corruption that’s taking place right now against former Ohio county commissioner Jimmy Dimora. But a TV station’s “Puppet’s Court” – with puppets speaking, word for word, actual court transcripts – is turning into a web sensation. You can find the “court proceedings”

We recently wondered whether a closed corruption case was dooming President Obama’s nomination of federal Magistrate Judge Patty Shwartz to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit.

The corruption trial of John Edwards, involving claims that he violated campaign finance laws and used approximately $1 million to cover up his affair with Rielle Hunter, has been delayed. The cause:

The first ever anti-corruption study of Denmark’s institutions has highlighted secrecy in the funding of political parties and parliamentary candidates as the country’s biggest potential corruption issue. 

Thanks so very very much to New Jersey Democratic Senator Robert Menendez for clarifying that he is not opposing President Obama’s nomination of Judge Patty Shwartz to the U.S.

It’s Friday. If you’re tired of dealing with Angry Birds, go to http://www.ipaidabribe.or.ke/ and take a look at some Angry Kenyans – angry because they have to pay bribes as part of their day-to-day life. Yikes! 

Democrats may complain about Republican intransigence (and no, don’t worry, this is not another piece about the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and Richard Cordray’s recess appointment as director), but there’s a story in today’s Times by Kate Zernike tha

In its 2010 decision in the Citizens United case, the U.S. Supreme Court rejected federal restrictions on corporate expenditures on political speech.