New York Law Journal | Analysis
By Robert J. Anello and Richard F. Albert | February 13, 2019
In their White-Collar Crime column, Robert Anello and Richard Albert discuss how the landscape of white-collar criminal enforcement has been altered under the President Trump's pro-business administration.
New York Law Journal | Analysis
By Harvey M. Stone and Richard H. Dolan | February 7, 2019
In their Eastern District Roundup, Harvey M. Stone and Richard H. Dolan report on several significant recent decisions, including: a case in which defendant was found liable to pay restitution in a “pump and dump” stock fraud; a case in which the judge declined to dismiss an action challenging the government's termination of Haiti's Temporary Protected Status designation; and a case dismissing a claim by a Medicare provider challenging the procedures of the New York Department of Health in pursuing its Accelerated Collection Campaign.
By Scott Flaherty | January 31, 2019
While Even Greebel serves out his sentence, the SEC and a court have suspended Greebel.
By Colby Hamilton | January 31, 2019
Guy Parisi pleaded guilty to to a federal mail fraud charge after being indicted in August.
By Colby Hamilton | January 28, 2019
President Donald Trump's former attorney and fixer pleaded guilty to lying to Congress and other charges in December, and is scheduled to testify before the U.S. Senate Intelligence Committee in February.
By Angela Turturro | January 28, 2019
In this Special Report: "The Government's New Tool Against Insider Trading," "Understanding Joint Defense Agreements: The Implications for White-Collar Defendants in the Second Circuit," "Substantial Differences in Substantial Assistance Within the Second Circuit," "Insider Trading Enforcement Intensifies Across Markets and Regulators" and "Are We Boring Juries to Death? The Delivery of Federal White-Collar Jury Instructions Should Be Criminal."
By Robert S. Frenchman and Kedar S. Bhatia | January 25, 2019
In two recent criminal cases involving insider trading based on non-public information from government agencies, prosecutors in the Southern District of New York have resurrected an old statute for a new purpose. The novel use of a 19th century statute arms the government with a new and potent weapon for prosecuting insider trading cases.
By Eugene Ingoglia, Anthony Mansfield and Chelsea Pizzola | January 25, 2019
The development of both derivatives- and securities-centric task forces to address insider trading signals intensified regulatory focus on this area of law across financial markets.
By Timothy W. Hoover | January 25, 2019
District judges can vary from the U.S. Sentencing Guidelines for almost any reason, but the most common path to a sentence significantly below the Guidelines range is a downward departure under Guideline §5K1.1, which is the primary vehicle by which a criminal defendant's cooperation with federal authorities—his “substantial assistance”—is incentivized and rewarded. The basic procedure is the same in every district. Yet cooperation yields different results depending on the district.
By Gregory Morvillo and Ciarra Carr | January 25, 2019
While concerns about whether jurors understand the laws they must apply arise in all trials, it is perhaps most important in the context of criminal cases where the parties need jurors to have the requisite knowledge to fairly and intelligently discharge their duties when a defendant's liberty is at issue.
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