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Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

Supreme Court and 1st Circuit Significantly Curtail Scope of Federal Property Fraud Statutes

Key Points- In two landmark decisions, the Supreme Court and the 1st Circuit significantly pared back the scope of the federal mail and wire fraud statutes. In Ciminelli v. United States, a political corruption case, the...more

Proskauer - Corporate Defense and Disputes

Ex-Nikola Chairman Indicted for Securities Fraud

In April 2021, the SEC released several public statements that may have begun to cool a superheated SPAC market. FINRA soon followed suit, announcing in July 2021 a regulatory sweep aimed at SPACs.  Now, for the first time, a...more

Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP

Court Affirms Conviction In Case Involving $126 Million Loan For Shopping Mall Transaction, Rejecting Argument That Sentence...

In a summary order on March 8, 2017, the Second Circuit (Katzmann, C.J. and Pooler and Lynch, J.) affirmed the conviction and sentence for wire fraud in United States v. Frenkel. The case attracted some public attention...more

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