Assuming they can pry themselves away from their computers for a quick break this summer, hedge fund partners are planning to spend a fair amount of money enjoying the good life.
Before I learned that credit card trick (see Speck review above), I spent plenty of time trying to pry the case off, a rather unpleasant experience for my fingers.
The Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals made it more difficult for federal prosecutors to use one of their favorite tools to convict white-collar criminals, or pry more lengthy sentences out of them in plea negotiations: Money laundering.