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Important Changes to Federal Criminal Sentencing Guidelines

Effective November 1, 2023, the United States Sentencing Commission’s Amendment 821, also known as the “2023 Criminal History Amendment,” has officially become part of the federal sentencing guidelines. Thousands of...more

Supreme Court Holds District Court Proceedings Must be Stayed During Appeal of Order Refusing to Enforce an Arbitration Agreement

On June 23, the Supreme Court held that proceedings in federal district court must be stayed during an interlocutory appeal from an order declining to enforce an arbitration agreement. Such an order can be appealed...more

Supreme Court Ruling Strengthens Government’s Ability to Voluntarily Dismiss Whistleblower Lawsuits

The United States Supreme Court has ruled in an 8-1 decision that the U.S. government has broad authority to dismiss whistleblower actions over the individual whistleblower’s objections so long as the government intervenes...more

Michigan's Securities Regulator Issues New Rules, Including a New Private Fund Adviser Registration Exemption

The Corporations, Securities, & Commercial Licensing Bureau of the Michigan Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs ("the Bureau") has issued new Securities Rules interpreting and enforcing the Michigan Uniform...more

Insights from the 2019 SEC Speaks Annual Conference

The SEC Speaks conference held in Washington, D.C., on April 8-9, 2019 offered perspectives from the current Securities and Exchange Commission Chairman, Commissioners, Division Directors, and Staff about the current...more

The Supreme Court Rules that SEC ALJs Were Unconstitutionally Appointed

The U.S. Supreme Court has held that administrative law judges (ALJs) of the Securities and Exchange Commission are "Officers of the United States" under the Appointments Clause of the U.S. Constitution, and are not mere...more

Second Circuit Broadens 'Personal Benefits' Triggering Insider Trading Liability

As noted in our December 9, 2016, Client Alert, the Supreme Court in Salman v. U.S. ruled that the required “personal benefit” to the person disclosing inside information (the tipper) does not need to be “pecuniary” or...more

The U.S. Supreme Court Puts S.E.C. Disgorgement Actions on the Clock

The U.S. Supreme Court continues to limit the timeframe in which the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“S.E.C.”) can seek to levy monetary penalties in enforcement actions it brings against violators of the federal...more

U.S. Supreme Court Affirms Broader View of “Personal Benefits” That Can Trigger Insider-Trading Liability

To be liable for insider trading in violation of the federal securities laws, the insider “tipper” who discloses the inside information must personally benefit, directly or indirectly, from his disclosure to a “tippee” who...more

No Federal RICO Option for Failed State Worker’s Compensation Claims

Plaintiffs who failed in their state worker’s compensation claim cannot sue their employers and their medical experts under federal civil racketeering laws, the en banc 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled....more

9/25/2013  /  Bodily Injury , Physicians , Racketeering , RICO
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