Overview -
•A cooperating defendant can obtain a sentence below the mandatory minimum only when the value of his cooperation—as distinct from other sentencing factors—justifies it, according to the Eleventh Circuit’s...more
12/8/2025
/ Appellate Courts ,
Controlled Substances Act ,
Cooperation ,
Criminal Appeals ,
Criminal Defense ,
Criminal Investigations ,
Criminal Procedure ,
Criminal Prosecution ,
Defense Strategies ,
Drug Trafficking ,
Federal Sentencing Guidelines ,
Plea Agreements ,
Sentencing ,
Sentencing Factors ,
Statutory Interpretation ,
White Collar Crimes
Background-
SpineFrontier, Inc. was a medical device company that paid a consulting fee to physicians who used the company’s products. The government charged the company and its two executives with violations of the...more
12/4/2025
/ Appellate Courts ,
Attorney-Client Privilege ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Corporate Crimes ,
Corporate Executives ,
Criminal Investigations ,
Criminal Prosecution ,
Defense Strategies ,
Interlocutory Appeals ,
Legal Ethics ,
Privileged Communication ,
White Collar Crimes
In a case of first impression in the Courts of Appeals, the Second Circuit recently examined when the government may prosecute extraterritorial conduct under the Commodities Exchange Act....more
9/15/2025
/ Appeals ,
CFTC ,
Commodities ,
Commodities Traders ,
Commodity Exchange Act (CEA) ,
Criminal Prosecution ,
Cryptocurrency ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Derivatives ,
Extraterritoriality Rules ,
Financial Institutions ,
First Impression ,
Foreign Exchanges ,
Jurisdiction ,
Market Manipulation ,
Morgan Stanley ,
White Collar Crimes
In the United States, a nonprofit called the American Registry for Internet Numbers (“ARIN”) is responsible for the assignment of IP addresses, the unique identifiers assigned to each device that connects to the Internet....more
9/4/2025
/ Appeals ,
Ciminelli v US ,
Criminal Prosecution ,
Digital Assets ,
Guilty Pleas ,
Internet ,
IP Addresses ,
Nonprofits ,
Right to Control ,
Telecommunications ,
White Collar Crimes ,
Wire Fraud