Elkan Abramowitz

January 04, 2011 | New York Law Journal

In their White-Collar Crime column, Elkan Abramowitz and Barry A. Bohrer, partners at Morvillo, Abramowitz, Grand, Iason, Anello & Bohrer, discuss a recent Congressional hearing where the Justice Department argued for continuing to prosecute executive chicanery under mail and wire fraud statutes.

By Elkan Abramowitz and Barry A. Bohrer

11 minute read

July 06, 2004 | New York Law Journal

Elkan Abramowitz and Barry A. Bohrer, members of Morvillo, Abramowitz, Grand, Iason & Silberberg., write about the shift from a reliance on perjured testimony to an increased effort aimed at eliminating it.

By Elkan Abramowitz and Barry A. Bohrer

13 minute read

November 02, 2010 | New York Law Journal

In their White-Collar Crime column, Morvillo, Abramowitz, Grand, Iason, Anello & Bohrer members Elkan Abramowitz and Barry A. Bohrer review the work of the Office of Special Inspector General for TARP, which has been a key player in cross-agency investigations into questionable conduct related to the economic stimulus package.

By Elkan Abramowitz and Barry A. Bohrer

11 minute read

November 07, 2006 | New York Law Journal

Elkan Abramowitz and Barry A. Bohrer, members of Morvillo, Abramowitz, Grand, Iason, Anello & Bohrer, analyze recent rulings which demonstrate that the application of traditional rules to the seizure and use of digitized evidence can potentially result in less than satisfactory conclusions of law. Practitioners should be aware of the nuances of what was previously viewed as hornbook law and press for legal considerations that recognize the unique circumstances created by new and evolving technologies.

By Elkan Abramowitz and Barry A. Bohrer

14 minute read

April 29, 2005 | New York Law Journal

Elkan Abramowitz and Barry A. Bohrer, members of Morvillo, Abramowitz, Grand, Iason & Silberberg, write that when we think of the government granting immunity to its witnesses. But in theory, prosecution witnesses have no exclusive on grants of immunity; federal prosecutors also may grant immunity to witnesses for the defense.

By Elkan Abramowitz and Barry A. Bohrer

13 minute read

July 01, 2008 | New York Law Journal

Elkan Abramowitz and Barry A. Bohrer, members of Morvillo, Abramowitz, Grand, Iason, Anello & Bohrer, analyze two recent rulings that highlight the way in which the government has expanded the money-laundering laws to encompass actions already prohibited under other criminal statutes. The Supreme Court's decisions, narrowing certain provisions of the statute, send a signal that money-laundering prosecutions, and others, must stay within the confines of the statute that authorizes them.

By Elkan Abramowitz and Barry A. Bohrer

15 minute read

January 06, 2009 | New York Law Journal

Elkan Abramowitz and Barry A. Bohrer, members of Morvillo, Abramowitz, Grand, Iason, Anello & Bohrer, write: Recent press coverage of Governor Blagojevich's indictment has not lacked for comments from the U.S. Attorney, Patrick Fitzgerald. Among the statements made by Mr. Fitzgerald are references to the governor's conduct as a "political corruption crime spree [that] would make Lincoln roll over in his grave." Mr. Fitzgerald also has stated that "the breadth of corruption laid out in the[] charges is staggering," and has "taken us to a truly new low." Are media sound bites like these consistent with the sound administration of justice?

By Elkan Abramowitz and Barry A. Bohrer

12 minute read

March 03, 2011 | Legaltech News

Elkan Abramowitz and Barry A. Bohrer, of Morvillo Abramowitz, examine recent decisions on the Fourth Amendment's application to digital evidence, noting a number of open and controversial questions that seem ripe for adjudication by the U.S. Supreme Court, despite the high court's apparent reluctance to address such issues.

By Elkan Abramowitz and Barry A. Bohrer

12 minute read

March 20, 2008 | New York Law Journal

By Elkan Abramowitz

7 minute read

March 03, 2009 | New York Law Journal

Elkan Abramowitz and Barry A. Bohrer, members of Morvillo, Abramowitz, Grand, Iason, Anello & Bohrer, review criminal legislation proposed in response to the economic crisis that broadens the Commodity Futures Trading Commission's regulation of over-the-counter commodity transactions and expands the agency's reach to international exchanges, expands the current criminal prohibitions against public corruption and bribery of a public official, amends the major fraud statute to protect funds expended under TARP and the economic stimulus package and authorizes funding to hire fraud prosecutors and investigators at the DOJ, FBI and other law enforcement agencies.

By Elkan Abramowitz and Barry A. Bohrer

12 minute read