As discussed more fully in our alert when Blaszczak I was issued, the crux of this case was that four individuals were charged with and convicted of an alleged scheme to obtain nonpublic information from the Centers for...more
1/27/2023
/ Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) ,
Criminal Conspiracy ,
Criminal Convictions ,
Criminal Prosecution ,
Dirks v SEC ,
Insider Trading ,
Kelly v United States ,
Legal History ,
Material Nonpublic Information ,
Medical Reimbursement ,
Personal Benefit ,
Property Ownership ,
Remand ,
Tippers ,
Vacated
In recent years, the U.S. Supreme Court has narrowed the scope of various federal criminal fraud statutes. For example, in McDonnell v. United States, the Court overturned the honest services fraud conviction of the former...more
12/23/2022
/ Bid Rigging ,
Bribery ,
Chris Christie ,
Construction Industry ,
Criminal Code ,
Criminal Convictions ,
Fraud ,
Government Officials ,
Insider Trading ,
Right to Control ,
SCOTUS ,
Wire Fraud
For the first time since the Supreme Court’s 1983 decision in Dirks v. SEC, the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit affirmed an insider trading conviction without proof of a personal benefit to the insider...more