By Katheryn Tucker | January 26, 2018
The judge thanked the people of DeKalb County for allowing him to serve as one of their judges for “the majority of his adult life.” He has enjoyed memorizing the names of everyone reporting for jury duty and excusing each one by name when they were finished, whether chosen for a trial or not.
By R. Robin McDonald | January 26, 2018
Millard Farmer, who made his name as an aggressive death penalty combatant across the South, was found by a preponderance of the evidence to have violated Georgia's racketeering law with his legal tactics.
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By Max Mitchell | January 26, 2018
Taking a cue from his counterpart in Brooklyn, Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner has appointed an attorney to focus on evaluating the immigration ramifications of the office's prosecutions.
By Zach Brez, Allison Lullo, and Giselle Sedano | January 26, 2018
Over the last year, the CFTC continued to align itself with other, more frequently-lauded enforcement agencies like the U.S. Department of Justice and U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. But the CFTC also closed out its fiscal year having brought only 49 enforcement actions, nearly 30 percent fewer actions than in FY2016, and obtaining orders totaling approximately $412 million in restitution, disgorgement and penalties, amounting to only one-third of the $1.29 billion garnered in FY2016.
By Todd Blanche and Kyle DeYoung | January 26, 2018
When a complex transaction directed by a CEO or CFO is later deemed criminal and the executive is charged, what exposure could outside counsel face having advised and presumably approved the transaction? Similarly, when working with high-ranking executives at a company, when does outside counsel have an obligation to report and update a company's board of directors regarding their work for the CEO on behalf of the company?
By David Siegal and Michael Scanlon | January 26, 2018
White-collar attorneys will continue to employ the attorney proffer to advance their clients' interests in responding to investigations, even while on occasion accepting the consequence of some limited waiver of privilege over the facts they strategically divulge.
By Nicolas Bourtin | January 26, 2018
What if everything we think we know about the motivation and decision-making of white-collar criminals is wrong?
By Karen Sloan | January 26, 2018
University of Kansas School professor Stephen McAllister was sworn in as U.S. attorney for the District of Kansas by his former boss U.S. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas.
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By Lizzy McLellan | January 26, 2018
Nichole Collins allegedly took thousands of dollars from Harrisburg's Shaffer & Engle and its lawyers' personal accounts and credit cards.
By R. Robin McDonald | January 26, 2018
Executives of South Georgia's now-defunct Peanut Corp. of America were convicted of perpetuating and then covering up a 2008 nationwide salmonella outbreak that sickened hundreds and killed nine.
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