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Pillsbury Winthrop

**************Update **************  The New York Lawyer reports that a Key Pillsbury Partner Defects. We have no further info at this time but we appreciate your continuing comment and anonymous tips. ************** ************** Sometimes a simple reality can be shocking.  In this instance: The logical and lawful consequences to criminality confront  BigLaw:  Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman and Levene, Neale, Bender, Rankin & Brill are getting a lot of attention for their apparent conspiracy to commit fraud upon the bankruptcy court in the Northern District of California. In an extremely rare event, a fellow member of the bar urged the court make a criminal referral against a member of the Pillsbury Winthrop firm for a criminal failure to make full disclosure in the SonicBlue bankruptcy case.  But if you want our opinion, we can't see how members of a creditors committee and their counsel who were aware of any undisclosed conflict yet said nothing when they knew of fee applications against the assets of the estate which failed to disclose same (a/k/a conspiring with a Debtor's professionals to hide conflicts and defraud the Court and other parties in interest) could ever escape criminal liability as co-conspirators not to mention civil breach of fiduciary obligations and attorney ethics code.  And it doesn't smell like team spirit either, it smells like RICO.  "Perhaps" some volunteer committee members, their counsel, and other attorneys in such matters must inform their respective insurance carriers of certain incidents and facts related to these kind of  breaches of fiduciary duty.  Otherwise, their eventual claims for coverage under various categories such as malpractice, D&O, general business, umbrella plans, reimbursement of personal legal fees w.r.t. investigations or prosecutions, etc. may be denied in accordance with standard insurance clauses.  In other words, you can hide the truth from the government, the courts, and the bar associations for so long and get away with it because of pervasive corruption, incompetence, & indifference.  However, when "it" finally hits the fan a third party profit seeking enterprise will not let you get away with it.   Insurance Companies will never pay your claims related to legal misconduct / conspiracy if you fail to keep them informed  of the issues as they arise in accordance with the terms of your insurance policy.  And for those of you who did not directly profit from the frauds and were merely witness to actions you were told were ordinary and customary: if you wait for it to hit the fan be prepared to have your own employer turn on you.  Think about it and you'll realize that you will likely be painted as the scape goat and promptly terminated just prior to your own indictment.  Did you really ever think that your boss or the members of your employer's executive committee would take a hit rather than merely sacrifice you?  It will be too late to cut a deal if you don't seek fully independent written legal advice from an un-conflicted attorney or make a direct / indirect "safe harbor" submission of information to law enforcement.  Don't say bankruptcyMisconduct didn't warn you. And for those of you who are partners in a firm, senior or junior, and the bad acts did not directly benefit you and were not done, planned, or approved by you:  What are you to do?  First, we'll optimistically assume al arguendo that you will escape incarceration under Title 18 U.S.C. § 4.  Now, let's direct the question back at you: How serious of a career hit do you want to take for misconduct by someone else?  What damage to the business enterprise which you struggled to build or join will you deem as an acceptable consequence to the misconduct of other persons?  Will the loss that you and your family are forced to suffer be affected by your knowledge that the motivation of such persons committing the misconduct was not solely monetary but also racial and ethnic supremacy? Could this be the start of a new era, when Biglaw partners are held accountable to same simple laws which controls ordinary citizens ? If so, then Pillsbury Winthrop will be "just the tip of the iceberg".  Respected lawyer and author of the Bankruptcy Crimes books series Stephanie Wickouski long ago informed the general public that each time these BigLaw attorneys file the declaration of disinterestedness, in order to get hired as official counsel in a bankruptcy case, which contains false statements - it is a crime.  Numerous ordinary citizens are thrown in jail for the crime of lying under oath, as are some famous people like Martha Stewart, Li'l Kim. We also see baseball players indicted such as Barry Bonds, not for using steroids but for allegedly lying about using them while under oath before Congress.  For how long is the public supposed to accept this double standard? The problem has been that the DOJ's Office of the U.S. Trustee has been staffed by a revolving door of former and prospective partners of the same BigLaw firms which they are charged to regulate.  Brilliant observation of the day: Referring, investigating, indicting, prosecuting, and incarcerating your former law partners/prospective employers is not considered a good career move by these particular public servants who hold money above oath and honor. Like in Sonic Blue, we have blatant frauds upon the Court in the eToys and Aureal bankruptcy cases.  The Aureal case crimes took place in the very same district court as Sonic Blue and involved cover-ups by both DOJ and California State Bar officials.  Not to mention SEC issues which may envelope a number of other parties (including false statements, as principles, as accessory, & for misprision under Title 18 U.S.C. §§'s 1001, 2, 3, & 4) .  These issues may additionally envelope certain investment industry professionals affiliated in the ownership or underwriting of a certain hedge fund... What is the difference in the SonicBlue case wherein opposing lawyers demand multi-million dollar fines and a criminal referral for criminal non-disclosure by bankruptcy counsel for the Debtor In Possession? In stark contrast the whistle-blowers to similar crimes are personally attacked under Color Of Law with the knowledge and support of Law Enforcement and the Judiciary in the eToys and Aureal bankruptcy cases?  The essential difference in these last two cases is that current and former DOJ employees were partners in the BigLaw firms which committed the crimes in the eToys and Aureal cases. Facts are a stubborn thing. Whistle-blowers can not be silenced in this age of the internet (unless the death threats against the whistle-blowers are followed through).   Would the powers that be in the media please wake up and inform the citizenry of the largest organized crime ring eating away at our nations wealth as a tax upon all banking and business credit? Write Comment Name: Guest Title: BBCode: Comment: Comments Who Knew.... Written by Guest on 2008-05-07 11:14:54 Congress knows about these players but want to convert our society to one of communism; it is time to leave! Dept of Justice complicity in Cover Up o Written by Guest on 2008-04-16 14:39:31 the fact remains until we somehow get the press and the Public united, we are therefore Divided and Conquered already.    They have the power, the authority and the motive (millions and billions in annual fees and more) to keep the Organized Criminal effort, known as a Bankruptcy Ring, Going!    No one cares about our individual cases, because the public does NOT want to believe the Court's can be FIXED.    Better to be naive, than to be Really Aware (even I wonder about how blessed being naive of the Real System was, prior to the eToys bribe)    I continuously beg that others UNITE and work together,    May it be, that one day, my case gives me what they have stolen.    I will fund a petition and work heavy to get Congress to pay attention.    Millions of people suffer each year, due to willful blindness and apathy.    That is the real sad state of affairs in America.    We must fight for our American way of Life, Daily  OR  Let IT GO!    They, the nefarious horde, needs the facts to be silenced and apathy.    Americans need the Truth to be seen and Heard! 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