November 02, 2004 | New York Law Journal
White-Collar CrimeElkan Abramowitz, and Barry A. Bohrer, of Morvillo, Abramowitz, write that the submissions and proceedings in connection with the sentencing of a defendant often touch upon the most private and sensitive aspects of an individual's personal life.
By Elkan Abramowitz and Barry A. Bohrer
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November 06, 2007 | New York Law Journal
White-Collar CrimeElkan Abramowitz and Barry A. Bohrer, members of Morvillo, Abramowitz, Grand, Iason, Anello & Bohrer, write that since the enactment in 1986 of the federal money-laundering statute, aggressive enforcement and broad interpretation of key elements of the statute have raised serious concerns that the power of prosecutors in utilizing the statutes has been unfairly and improperly expanded.
By Elkan Abramowitz and Barry A. Bohrer
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July 05, 2005 | New York Law Journal
White-Collar CrimeElkan Abramowitz and Barry A. Bohrer, members of Morvillo, Abramowitz, Grand, Iason & Silberberg, write that in its effort to convince the U.S. Supreme Court not to consider the Arthur Andersen case, presaging the Court's opinion, the government announced that "[m]ost federal prosecutors will henceforth use �1519 � which does not require proof that the defendant engaged in 'corrupt persua[sion]' � to prosecute document-destruction cases."
By Elkan Abramowitz and Barry A. Bohrer
11 minute read
January 03, 2007 | Corporate Counsel
Defending Corporate America: The Year in ReviewIt's been a tumultuous year for American companies and lawyers who represent them. In response to a flurry of assaults on the Thompson memorandum, the legislative and executive branches have made changes intended to ease the burden on businesses, and various government agencies have followed suit. Among the changes: the Department of Justice's "McNulty memorandum." But is this new memo a real change? Some in the legal community are criticizing it as "too little, too late."
By Elkan Abramowitz and Barry A. Bohrer
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March 04, 2002 | New York Law Journal
White-Collar CrimeT here is a certain irony in the fact that those seemingly sophisticated experts who devised, executed and approved the complex financial transactions at the heart of Enron`s meteoric rise and even more spectacular unraveling, may in the end be brought down by something as simple as the destruction of documents and the naive belief that so long as those documents were not called for in a subpoena, they could be shredded with impunity. In the spate of recent Enron-related hearings, Congress has thus far focu
By Elkan Abramowitz And Barry A. Bohrer When Document Destruction Becomes Justice Obstruction
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September 06, 2005 | New York Law Journal
White-Collar CrimeElkan Abramowitz and Barry A. Bohrer, members of Morvillo, Abramowitz, Grand, Iason & Silberberg, analyze three Supreme Court opinions that may affect those accused of, or subject to sentencing for, business crimes: a post-Booker sentencing, a money laundering conspiracy, and a wire fraud decision.
By Elkan Abramowitz and Barry A. Bohrer
11 minute read
March 24, 2003 | New Jersey Law Journal
Department of Justice Sends Clear Message to Corporate WrongdoersHow should prosecutors balance concerns about overly lax enforcement against corporations that run afoul of the law, with concerns for the broad reaching and often devastating consequences of obtaining a criminal conviction against a business organization?
By Elkan Abramowitz and Barry A. Bohrer
11 minute read
July 03, 2007 | New York Law Journal
White-Collar CrimeElkan Abramowitz and Barry A. Bohrer, members of Morvillo, Abramowitz, Grand, Iason, Anello & Bohrer, write that the rising number of wrongfully convicted individuals raises the question of why courts did not remedy constitutional errors long before innocent people spent years in prison. It has become increasingly apparent that the answer in many cases is the doctrine of harmless error, and the increasing utilization of the "guilt-based" approach to harmless error review.
By Elkan Abramowitz and Barry A. Bohrer
13 minute read
January 02, 2007 | New York Law Journal
White-Collar CrimeElkan Abramowitz and Barry A. Bohrer, partners at Morvillo, Abramowitz, Grand, Iason, Anello & Bohrer, write that it has been a tumultuous year for American business organizations and practitioners who represent them. In response to a chorus of objections claiming the government over-reacted to corporate scandals real and perceived, the Legislative and Executive branches have made changes intended to ease the burden placed on businesses attempting to satisfy government demands.
By Elkan Abramowitz and Barry A. Bohrer
13 minute read
July 09, 2010 | New York Law Journal
Honest Services Fraud: Morris, Skilling, and the Martin ActIn their White-Collar Crime column, Elkan Abramowitz and Barry A. Bohrer, members of Morvillo, Abramowitz, Grand, Iason, Anello & Bohrer, write that in his motion to dismiss the indictment against him, Hank Morris raised legitimate and vexing questions about the viability of a Martin Act prosecution. Now, after Skilling, those questions loom large, and it remains to be seen whether the Martin Act allegations can survive.
By Elkan Abramowitz and Barry A. Bohrer
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