Corruption, Bribery, Mayors

New York Note: Adams Case Dismissed, Adams Announces Independent Run, Council Releases Budget Response

Cozen O'Connor on 4/8/2025

A federal judge dismissed the corruption case against NYC Mayor Eric Adams with prejudice, meaning that the charges can not be refiled in the future. Echoing sentiments from several prominent Democrats in the city, Judge Dale...more

United States Supreme Court Holds That Federal Bribery Statute Does Not Criminalize Gratuities In An Opinion Again Focusing On...

A&O Shearman on 7/17/2024

On June 26, 2024, the United States Supreme Court, in a 6-3 ruling, held that 18 U.S.C. § 666(a)(1)(B) (“§ 666”) does not prohibit gratuities made to state or local government officials for past official acts. Rather, the...more

Timing is Everything: The Court's Latest Gift to Defendants in Bribery Prosecutions (Snyder v. United States)

Baker Donelson on 7/5/2024

Readers of prior Firm client alerts in the white-collar criminal space will no doubt recall the Supreme Court's recent trend of scaling back the powers of the Department of Justice (DOJ) in prosecuting public corruption...more

Supreme Court Limits Scope of Anti-Bribery Statute for State Officials

McDermott Will & Emery on 7/5/2024

In Snyder v. United States, the Supreme Court of the United States held that it is not a federal crime for state and local officials to accept gratuities under 18 U.S.C. § 666. In so doing, the Court overturned the decision...more

US Supreme Court Holds That Federal Bribery Law Does Not Criminalize Gratuities

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP on 7/3/2024

On June 26, 2024, the U.S. Supreme Court found that the main federal anti-corruption statute proscribing bribes to state and local officials does not criminalize gratuities, which the Court described as “payments made to an...more

U.S. Supreme Court Says Federal Bribery Statute Permits “Gratuities”: Virginia Law Much Less Forgiving

Sands Anderson PC on 7/2/2024

Last month, in Snyder v. United States, the Supreme Court of the United States narrowly construed the federal anti-bribery statute. In that case, the mayor of Portage, Indiana worked with other officials to carefully prepare...more

Supreme Court Decides Snyder v. United States

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP on 6/27/2024

On June 26, 2024, the U.S. Supreme Court decided Snyder v. United States, No. 23-108, holding that federal statute 18 U. S. C. § 666, which makes it a crime for most state and local officials to “corruptly” solicit, accept,...more

Snyder V. United States: Will Public Servants Be Next To Put Out A Tip Jar?

Pietragallo Gordon Alfano Bosick & Raspanti,... on 5/2/2024

Who would have thought politicians can work for tips? Well, that is what Portage, Indiana Mayor Jim Snyder argued (more or less) before the Supreme Court last month, when he sought to overturn his conviction under 18 U.S.C. §...more

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