Jonathan Sack

January 08, 2014 | New York Law Journal

In their White-Collar Crime column, Elkan Abramowitz and Jonathan Sack, members of Morvillo Abramowitz Grand Iason & Anello, write: As a practical matter, the decision about self-reporting commonly boils down to whether the client is obligated to report the misconduct; the likelihood of exposure; and the possible benefit of self-reporting or risk of additional sanction from failing to self-report. Because those assessments are often made with little hard information, the judgments and analysis are sometimes very difficult.

By Elkan Abramowitz and Jonathan Sack

13 minute read

November 05, 2013 | New York Law Journal

In their White-Collar Crime column, Morvillo Abramowitz Grand Iason & Anello's Elkan Abramowitz and Jonathan Sack discuss judicial pushback against the notion that guilty pleas or settlements with the government are equivalent to strictly private bargains and wonder whether the series of decisions reflecting this trend suggests a more fundamental questioning of present-day white-collar enforcement of corporate misconduct.

By Elkan Abramowitz and Jonathan Sack

11 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

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

July 06, 2004 | New York Law Journal

Alan Vinegrad, a partner at Covington & Burling, and Jonathan Sack, a principal at Morvillo, Abramowitz, Grand, Iason & Silberberg, write about the anticipated impact of the Blakely decision with regard to sentencing guidelines.

By Alan Vinegrad And Jonathan Sack

12 minute read