Jonathan S Sack

June 27, 2013 | Inside Counsel

Traditionally, the role of a judge in reviewing an agreement to resolve civil or criminal charges has been very limited.

By Jonathan S. Sack, Ester Murdukhayeva

14 minute read

June 13, 2013 | Inside Counsel

Companies launch internal investigations based on information that comes from a variety of sources, including newspaper articles, government requests for information and information bubbling up from within the organization that makes its way to the legal department.

By Jonathan S. Sack, Ester Murdukhayeva

10 minute read

May 30, 2013 | Inside Counsel

Courts and lawmakers have broadened the definition of protected whistleblower activitythat is, the type of conduct that triggers legal protection against retaliation.

By Jonathan S. Sack, Ester Murdukhayeva

9 minute read

May 16, 2013 | Inside Counsel

At one time whistleblowers were relatively rare and isolated, and the law did not grant them much protection.

By Jonathan S. Sack, Ester Murdukhayeva

12 minute read

October 03, 2013 | Corporate Counsel

Within the law as it now stands, in-house counsel can take steps to promote both fairness to employees and effectiveness of internal investigations, while providing a vigorous representation of the company.

By Jonathan S. Sack and Curtis B. Leitner

6 minute read

October 09, 2012 | New York Law Journal

Jonathan S. Sack and Eric M. Ruben of Morvillo, Abramowitz, Grand, Iason, Anello & Bohrer write: Federal courts and commentators have considered at great length whether a company may "selectively" waive privilege and work product protection when disclosing information to a government agency while preserving the protected status of that material as to other parties and proceedings. While the divergence among federal courts creates some uncertainty, the viability of selective disclosure is even less clear in New York state courts.

By Jonathan S. Sack and Eric M. Ruben

14 minute read

February 14, 2011 | New York Law Journal

Morvillo, Abramowitz, Grand, Iason, Anello & Bohrer partners Jonathan S. Sack and Robert M. Radick discuss the substance and ramifications of the RCO doctrine, which provides that corporate officers may be held criminally liable for certain offenses relating to public health and welfare even if the individual officers neither knew of nor participated in the unlawful activity in question, and the potential exclusion from government programs that must now be of significant concern to company officials in the pharmaceutical and other health care industries.

By Jonathan S. Sack and Robert M. Radick

14 minute read

October 12, 2010 | New York Law Journal

Jonathan S. Sack, a principal of Morvillo, Abramowitz, Grand, Iason, Anello & Bohrer, reviews the key structural decisions to make carefully at the outset of an investigation, decisions that can be challenging because, as critical as they are, they must be made early, before many of the important facts are known.

By Jonathan S. Sack

8 minute read

November 05, 2007 | New York Law Journal

Jonathan S. Sack and Stephen M. Juris, principals at Morvillo, Abramowitz, Grand, Iason, Anello & Bohrer, write that credit rating agencies have come under fire in recent months for their perceived contribution to the subprime mortgage "meltdown" and for failing to change their ratings until after that meltdown was well under way.

By Jonathan S. Sack and Stephen M. Juris

14 minute read

July 11, 2011 | New York Law Journal

Jonathan S. Sack, a partner at Morvillo, Abramowitz, Grand, Iason, Anello & Bohrer, and Curtis B. Leitner, an associate at the firm, write that since the Supreme Court decided United States v. Aguilar, the nexus requirement has proved to be an important check on prosecutions brought under the federal obstruction statutes. A recent prosecution in the Third Circuit raises serious questions about the strictness of the nexus test under the witness tampering statute.

By Jonathan S. Sack and Curtis B. Leitner

18 minute read