Gary Stein

January 20, 2021 | Law.com

Early returns are in, and they indicate that the Supreme Court's decision in the so-called "Bridgegate" case will be an effective tool for pruning the wild overgrowth that has built up around the federal fraud statutes.

By Gary Stein

9 minute read

January 23, 2015 | New York Law Journal

Gary Stein writes: "Personal benefit," long considered the 97-pound weakling of insider trading defenses, is now looking much more muscular thanks to the Second Circuit's ruling last month in 'United States v. Newman.' Not surprisingly, federal prosecutors have already begun to explore ways of avoiding Newman's reinvigorated personal benefit rule.

By Gary Stein

13 minute read

January 23, 2015 | New York Law Journal

Gary Stein writes: "Personal benefit," long considered the 97-pound weakling of insider trading defenses, is now looking much more muscular thanks to the Second Circuit's ruling last month in 'United States v. Newman.' Not surprisingly, federal prosecutors have already begun to explore ways of avoiding Newman's reinvigorated personal benefit rule.

By Gary Stein

13 minute read

February 09, 2005 | New York Law Journal

Gary Stein, special counsel at Schulte Roth & Zabel, writes that, to those who believed that Booker heralded the Guidelines' demise, Crosby sends a clear message: The Guidelines are very much alive, and will to continue to play a central role in the sentencing process, if not the actual imposition of sentence, in federal criminal cases.

By Gary Stein

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