By Tom McParland | October 8, 2020
Prosecutors said they have turned over about 95% of discovery in the case, as the pandemic has hampered their ability to investigate and bring new charges.
New York Law Journal | Analysis
By Harvey M. Stone and Richard H. Dolan | October 8, 2020
Iin their Eastern District Roundup, Harvey M. Stone and Richard H. Dolan report on several significant representative decisions regarding moving ahead with a criminal jury trial, reporting overseas bank accounts, and dismissing an age discrimination claim.
New York Law Journal | Analysis
By Robert J. Anello and Richard F. Albert | October 7, 2020
In recent years, justices of the Supreme Court have tended to rule differently in white-collar crime cases than how their traditional labels of liberal or conservative would suggest in "blue-collar" crime cases, write White-Collar Crime columnists Robert J. Anello and Richard F. Albert.
By Jane Wester | October 7, 2020
Trump lawyers arguments that the criminal investigation applied only to alleged "hush" payments—the "linchpin" of their bid to set aside the grand jury subpoena—was not supported by facts, a unanimous panel of the appeals court said.
By Jane Wester | October 6, 2020
The law was passed this summer, shortly after George Floyd was killed by a Minneapolis police officer.
New York Law Journal | Analysis
By Barry Kamins | October 5, 2020
In People v. Nettles, an appellate court has, for the first time, reversed a credibility determination made at a Darden hearing, writes Criminal Law and Procedure columnist Barry Kamins.
By Tom McParland | October 2, 2020
A New York federal jury, in a separate case, convicted Michael Avenatti of trying to extort $20 billion from Nike. He is still awaiting sentencing in that case, which has also been delayed because of the pandemic.
New York Law Journal | Expert Opinion
By Joshua Gold | October 2, 2020
Almost all modern commercial crime policies contain in the body of the form an express promise of insurance coverage for losses directly resulting from "computer fraud." Unfortunately, many crime insurance companies fight computer fraud insurance claims regularly.
By Tom McParland | October 1, 2020
U.S. District Judge Richard M. Berman of the Southern District of New York said in a 16-page opinion that the Turkish state-owned bank was not immune from prosecution in the U.S., and rejected defense claims that federal law did not reach Halkbank's alleged misconduct overseas.
New York Law Journal | Letter to the Editor
By Judy Whiting | September 30, 2020
We applaud automatic expungement of marijuana offenses now decriminalized. It may be tempting to take things further and demand that court records be destroyed, but there is almost nothing to be gained by having sealed court records destroyed, and potentially a lot to lose.
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