Nicholas M De Feis

August 04, 2015 | New Jersey Law Journal

A discussion of "unlimited operations"—a narrow yet insidious form of cyber attack that poses a particular threat to financial institutions.

By Nicholas M. De Feis and Philip C. Patterson

8 minute read

July 31, 2015 | New York Law Journal

In their International Criminal Law and Enforcement column, Nicholas M. De Feis and Philip C. Patterson discuss "Unlimited Operations," where hackers provide information on bank accounts they have increased the balances of to "cashing crews," who then make millions of withdrawals; and the case against a hacker charged with orchestrating a cyber attack that allegedly succeeded in stealing $55 million from a number of banks.

By Nicholas M. De Feis and Philip C. Patterson

9 minute read

July 30, 2015 | New York Law Journal

In their International Criminal Law and Enforcement column, Nicholas M. De Feis and Philip C. Patterson discuss "Unlimited Operations," where hackers provide information on bank accounts they have increased the balances of to "cashing crews," who then make millions of withdrawals; and the case against a hacker charged with orchestrating a cyber attack that allegedly succeeded in stealing $55 million from a number of banks.

By Nicholas M. De Feis and Philip C. Patterson

9 minute read

April 30, 2015 | New York Law Journal

In their International Criminal Law and Enforcement column, Nicholas M. De Feis and Philip C. Patterson write: Botnets, which are designed to spread to computers without revealing their existence, cause at least hundreds of millions of dollars in economic harm every year, not to mention the inestimable personal harm caused to individual victims of identity theft.

By Nicholas M. De Feis and Philip C. Patterson

13 minute read

January 30, 2015 | New York Law Journal

In their International Criminal Law and Enforcement column, Nicholas M. De Feis and Philip C. Patterson discuss the recent increase in international bribery enforcement. But apart from increasing global risks of investigations and prosecution, bribery imposes economic costs that further weigh in favor of anti-bribery vigilance.

By Nicholas M. De Feis and Philip C. Patterson

11 minute read

January 29, 2015 | New York Law Journal

In their International Criminal Law and Enforcement column, Nicholas M. De Feis and Philip C. Patterson discuss the recent increase in international bribery enforcement. But apart from increasing global risks of investigations and prosecution, bribery imposes economic costs that further weigh in favor of anti-bribery vigilance.

By Nicholas M. De Feis and Philip C. Patterson

11 minute read

October 30, 2014 | New York Law Journal

In their International Criminal Law and Enforcement column, Nicholas M. De Feis and Philip C. Patterson write: Historically, the United States was virtually alone in the world in treating anticompetitive conduct as a criminal offense. Increasingly, however, other countries are criminalizing such conduct and aggressively pursuing antitrust enforcement, indicating that antitrust offenses are on the way to being treated worldwide as seriously as any other international financial crime.

By Nicholas M. De Feis and Philip C. Patterson

12 minute read

July 30, 2014 | New York Law Journal

In their International Criminal Law and Enforcement column, Nicholas M. DeFeis and Philip C. Patterson of De Feis O'Connell & Rose, write about the authority of the Justice Department to compel a domestic corporation to produce emails stored on an overseas server.

By By Nicholas M. De Feis and Philip C. Patterson

11 minute read

April 29, 2014 | New York Law Journal

In their International Criminal Law and Enforcement column, Nicholas M. De Feis and Philip C. Patterson of De Feis O'Connell & Rose write: Recent regulatory developments have provided greater clarity as to the treatment of bitcoins by regulators, but that treatment and certain revelations involving bitcoin exchanges have raised concerns about the viability of virtual currencies.

By Nicholas M. De Feis and Philip C. Patterson

10 minute read

January 30, 2014 | New York Law Journal

In their International Criminal Law and Enforcement column, Nicholas M. De Feis and Philip C. Patterson of De Feis O'Connell & Rose write that an increasing number of digital currencies indicates that the concepts, if not the brands, are here to stay, however, bitcoins raise a host of international regulatory and enforcement issues that ultimately may have to be addressed by every government in the world.

By Nicholas M. De Feis and Philip C. Patterson

15 minute read