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New York Law Journal

All Lies Are Not the Same: The Federal Fraud Statute Under Attack

The U.S. Supreme Court and numerous circuit courts are seriously narrowing the scope of behavior that constitutes criminal fraud. This developing legal landscape requires defense counsel to rethink strategies on how to best defend against federal criminal fraud allegations.
8 minute read

New York Law Journal

What's the Government Have To Do with Pre-Trial Release? For Foreign White-Collar Defendants, Almost Everything

Two recent cases illustrate that the detention or release of foreign white-collar defendants pending trial almost always rests upon the DOJ's recommendation, and appears to result in sometimes inconsistent results.
7 minute read

New York Law Journal

Menendez Declines to Testify, Rests Defense Case in Bribery and Extortion Trial

Menendez told U.S. District Judge Sidney Stein of the Southern District of New York that he discussed the issue "at length" with his attorneys, Paul Hastings partners Adam Fee and Avi Weitzman, before making his decision.
4 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Ex-Senior Apple Lawyer Fined $1.6M for Trading on Inside Information

Gene Levoff ended up with a harsher fine in the SEC's civil case than he did in a parallel DOJ criminal case that wrapped up last year with no prison time.
2 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Trading By Corporate Insiders Pursuant to Rule 10b5-1 Plans Under Heightened Regulatory Scrutiny

On June 21, 2024, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) secured a conviction in a first-of-its-kind insider trading prosecution based exclusively on a corporate insider's trades pursuant to a Rule 10b5-1 plan. This article addresses what you need to know.
6 minute read

New York Law Journal

Trump Manhattan Sentencing Delayed to Review SCOTUS Presidential Immunity Decision

Acting Manhattan Supreme Court Justice Juan Merchan on Tuesday postponed the sentencing to Sept. 18.
3 minute read

New York Law Journal

'It's a Cuban Thing': Menendez's Sister Connects Stacks of Cash Found in Senator's Home to Flight From Cuba

After stacks of cash were discovered in the senator's New Jersey home, Menendez's sister, 80-year-old Caridad Gonzalez, testified that she knew many Cubans who stored cash in their homes after moving to the United States.
3 minute read

The American Lawyer

Dentons Scales Up in Utah With 7-Lawyer Team From Armstrong Teasdale

The group acquisition leaves just two lawyers left in Armstrong Teasdale's Salt Lake City office, which opened in 2020.
5 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Workers Have New Incentives to Snitch to Feds, Skipping Internal Ethics Hotlines

"Could there be certain employees who choose not to report internally because they have a prospect of a whistleblower award at DOJ--yes," said Steve Fagell, a Covington & Burling partner.
7 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

DOJ's Indictments of Congressional Members Signals Evolving Strategy to Fight Public Corruption

In the last nine months, the Department of Justice (DOJ) charged two sitting members of Congress with violations of the Foreign Agents Registration Act (FARA) related to alleged bribery schemes.
7 minute read

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