Elkan Abramowitz

May 01, 2012 | New York Law Journal

In their White-Collar Crime, Elkan Abramowitz and Barry A. Bohrer, members of Morvillo, Abramowitz, Grand, Iason, Anello & Bohrer, write that nearly 50 years after its enactment, important issues remain regarding the strict application of Title III and whether the government is held to the standards set forth therein when seeking a wiretap order to invade an individual's privacy rights.

By Elkan Abramowitz and Barry A. Bohrer

13 minute read

July 02, 2013 | New York Law Journal

In their White-Collar Crime column, Elkan Abramowitz and Jonathan Sack, members of Morvillo Abramowitz Grand Iason & Anello, analyze a recent decision that suggests the Second Circuit may be inclined to scrutinize sufficiency claims with particular care when a conviction relies on a limited number of emails.

By Elkan Abramowitz and Jonathan Sack

14 minute read

March 13, 2003 | Law.com

In the post-Enron corporate climate, it is more important than ever that white-collar defense attorneys know what factors a prosecutor will consider in deciding whether to charge a business, and what steps the organizational client should take at the earliest signs of trouble and throughout any ensuing investigation to ward off a potential indictment.

By Elkan Abramowitz and Barry A. Bohrer

11 minute read

November 01, 2011 | New York Law Journal

In their White-Collar Crime column, Elkan Abramowitz and Barry A. Bohrer, members of Morvillo, Abramowitz, Grand, Iason, Anello & Bohrer, write that, with an election looming, the concern is that some politicians will use issues regarding post-Booker sentencing practice to portray a "tough-on-crime" stance, leading to an even more punitive criminal justice system and further limiting the discretionary power of judges.

By Elkan Abramowitz and Barry A. Bohrer

12 minute read

May 07, 2013 | New York Law Journal

In their White-Collar Crime column, Elkan Abramowitz and Jonathan Sack, members of Morvillo Abramowitz Grand Iason & Anello, write that in recent congressional testimony, Attorney General Eric Holder made waves by acknowledging that "it becomes difficult for [the Department of Justice] to prosecute [large financial institutions] when . . . a criminal charge . . . will have a negative impact on the national economy, perhaps even the world economy."

By Elkan Abramowitz and Jonathan Sack

14 minute read

September 04, 2013 | New York Law Journal

In their White-Collar Crime column, Elkan Abramowitz and Jonathan Sack, members of Morvillo Abramowitz Grand Iason & Anello, discuss how the complexity of the transactions, the depth and breadth of the recent financial crisis, the relative absence of detailed internal investigations and other factors have led to few criminal charges for important figures in the mortgage and financial industries.

By Elkan Abramowitz and Jonathan Sack

14 minute read

March 05, 2013 | New York Law Journal

In their White-Collar Crime column, Elkan Abramowitz and Jonathan Sack, members of Morvillo Abramowitz Grand Iason & Anello, write that under the 'collective knowledge' doctrine, prosecutors do not have to prove that any particular individual in a company had the requisite knowledge; instead, the doctrine permits a fact finder to aggregate and impute to a corporation the fragments of information known to any of its employees.

By Elkan Abramowitz and Jonathan Sack

12 minute read

January 07, 2013 | New York Law Journal

In their White-Collar Crime column, Elkan Abramowitz and Barry A. Bohrer, members of Morvillo, Abramowitz, Grand, Iason, Anello & Bohrer, write that although the Supreme Court has held that the installation of a GPS tracking device on a suspect's vehicle by police constituted a search under the Fourth Amendment, the law is less clear with respect to tracking data from cell phones.

By Elkan Abramowitz and Barry A. Bohrer

13 minute read

May 05, 2003 | New York Law Journal

By Elkan Abramowitz And Barry A. Bohrer

6 minute read

March 02, 2010 | New York Law Journal

Elkan Abramowitz and Barry A. Bohrer, members of Morvillo, Abramowitz, Grand, Iason, Anello & Bohrer, review two recent federal appellate cases that re-examined the "plain view" exception to the warrant requirement as it pertains to the searches of computers.

By Elkan Abramowitz and Barry A. Bohrer

15 minute read