Recent white-collar federal sentencing stories

Thanks to law.com, everyone can now check out two new pieces about the always dynamic world of federal sentencing for white-collar offenders.  Here are headlines with links:

• 3rd Circuit Rules Prison Time ‘Reasonable’ for Tax Cheat: Dissenting judge complains that majority is departing from the court’s post-‘Booker‘ cases

• Lawyers ‘Fly Blind’ on Options Penalties: Debate over how to calculate losses and which sentencing guidelines should apply

UPDATE:  Paul Caron at TaxProf has more here on the Third Circuit’s ruling in the taxing sentencing case (which I previously discussed in this post).