The fall of 2022 has been a very active period when it comes to executive compensation and regulators focusing on clawing back compensation paid to executive officers.
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's recent...more
In September 2022, Deputy Attorney General Lisa Monaco delivered remarks unveiling the Department of Justice’s revised corporate crime guidance to “prioritize and prosecute corporate crime.” She reiterated that the number one...more
On Monday April 25, the U.S. Supreme Court granted certiorari in United States v. Shaw, a closely watched case out of the Ninth Circuit addressing the bank fraud statute, 18 U.S.C. § 1344. That statute has two subsections,...more
4/28/2016
/ Bank Fraud ,
Bank of America ,
Certiorari ,
Crime Victims ,
Financial Institutions ,
Identity Theft ,
Jury Instructions ,
PayPal ,
SCOTUS ,
Split of Authority ,
Third-Party
Last week, the Third Circuit issued a decision that could have major ramifications for sentencing in federal fraud cases. United States v. Nagle dealt with a fraud perpetrated against the Department of Transportation’s...more
10/12/2015
/ Construction Contracts ,
Corporate Counsel ,
DBE Program ,
Department of Transportation (DOT) ,
Federal Sentencing Guidelines ,
Fraud ,
Minority-Owned Businesses ,
Misrepresentation ,
Offsets ,
Sentencing ,
Women-Owned Businesses
One might have thought the biggest news in the digital currency world lately was Dell announcing that it was now accepting bitcoin. However, after a series of highly-publicized hearings in January, New York State rolled out...more
On February 25, 2014, in Kaley v. United States, the U.S. Supreme Court held 6-3 that criminal defendants challenging the legality of a §853(e)(1) pre-trial asset seizure may not contest a grand jury's determination of...more
The increased globalization of the private investment industry has given rise to an enhanced focus by U.S. prosecutors and regulators on rooting out corrupt business activities in private equity firms and hedge funds. As...more