51 Quotes by Jacob Frenkel

Someone of means, who for his entire life was able to appreciate the value of freedom, and enjoy his success, is now having his life in many respects controlled by mid-level penal officials.

Judges normally show greater sympathy for people of advanced years and deteriorating health,

We have the government being very aggressive on the concept of criminal intent in jury charges. And now we have the number two example of it being overturned.

The experience of the oil shocks in the 1970s is not a guide for the future.

What it really means is a shorter, more focused trial, which is better for the government. It probably takes out of the equation some of the more complex accounting issues. The defense was likely hoping to make this case seem like a complex civil financial fraud case, and without Causey, that will be more difficult.

What it means is they have locked down a key cooperator who can, at a minimum, disprove what has been a publicly articulated key element of her defense, that being the stop-loss order,

While it's hard to compare-and-contrast (the two trials), there's no question that prosecutors tried a more streamlined case this time.

The government's prosecutions of corporate fraud will be judged based on the verdict in this case. If there is an acquittal, the government's corporate fraud prosecutions will be deemed at best a modest success. To the extent the government is being tested, this is the final exam.

There certainly existed a mindset in the late '90s by some that the corporate till was a personal entitlement.