Richard F. Albert

August 07, 2012 | New York Law Journal

In their White-Collar Crime column, Morvillo, Abramowitz, Grand, Iason, Anello & Bohrer partners Robert J. Anello and Richard F. Albert write: For the government, issuing a detailed, apparently persuasive speaking indictment at the outset of the case may have significant public relations and tactical benefits. But such indictments also provide an unwarranted benefit to the government when the jury is provided with a copy during deliberations, thereby receiving only one side's version of the contested facts in written form.

By Robert J. Anello and Richard F. Albert

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June 04, 2013 | New York Law Journal

In their White-Collar Crime column, Robert J. Anello and Richard F. Albert, partners at Morvillo, Abramowitz, Grand, Iason & Anello, write: As a new bipartisan taskforce of the House Judiciary Committee convenes to consider the issue of overcriminalization - the term typically used in reference to the expansion of federal criminal law - cries for reform are rising in volume as political groups on the left and right recognize a common interest in examining the problem and looking for solutions.

By Robert J. Anello and Richard F. Albert

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August 06, 2013 | New York Law Journal

In their White-Collar Crime column, Robert J. Anello and Richard F. Albert, partners at Morvillo Abramowitz Grand Iason & Anello, write: Some recent complex white-collar cases that have fallen apart after cooperators pleaded guilty suggest that the cooperation system needs reexamination, and that at a minimum, courts should consider adjustments to the typical jury instructions regarding cooperator testimony.

By Robert J. Anello and Richard F. Albert

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October 02, 2012 | New York Law Journal

In their White-Collar Crime column, Robert J. Anello and Richard F. Albert, partners at Morvillo, Abramowitz, Grand, Iason, Anello & Bohrer, write that money laundering prosecutions and investigations recently undertaken by federal prosecutors look quite different than the traditional add-on to drug prosecutions, not arising out of substantive criminal violations, but instead focusing on what the government believes are improper banking procedures or weaknesses in the institution's compliance procedures.

By Robert J. Anello and Richard F. Albert

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August 09, 2005 | New York Law Journal

Richard F. Albert, a principal at Morvillo, Abramowitz, Grand, Iason & Silberberg, and Amy Tully, an associate at the firm, write that criminal asset forfeiture continues to be a darling of federal prosecutors. Often combined with another favored prosecutorial tool, the ever-flexible money laundering statutes, the criminal forfeiture laws provide prosecutors with an array of powerful weapons to raise the stakes of contesting even relatively modest criminal charges.

By Richard F. Albert and Amy Tully

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