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Fraud is the making of false representations or engaging in deceptive behavior in order to unlawfully secure financial or personal gain. 
BakerHostetler

Is This the Beginning of a Sentencing Revolution?

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Key Takeaways - ..The Third Circuit recently decided that the loss enhancement to the fraud guideline in the U.S. Sentencing Guidelines applies only to “actual loss” and not to “intended loss.” ..While the primary...more

Cozen O'Connor

Notice of Appeal - Winter 2021

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Precedential Opinions of Note - False Claims Act’s First-to-File Bar Permits Amended Complaint Adding New Relator - In re Plavix Marketing, Sales Practices and Products Liability Litigation (No. II) (September 1, 2020), No....more

Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

US Sentencing Commission Revises Sentencing Guidelines for Fraud

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The United States Sentencing Commission recently adopted new guidelines for sentencing in cases involving fraud and economic crimes, seeking to better account for the actual harm to victims, individual culpability and the...more

Holland & Knight LLP

U.S. Sentencing Commission Approves Major Changes to Fraud Guidelines - The Updates Could Significantly Affect White Collar...

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On April 9, 2015, the United States Sentencing Commission voted to approve changes to §2B1.1 of the sentencing guidelines. The changes will take effect on Nov. 1, 2015, unless Congress objects. If they go into effect, these...more

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