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The Supreme Court Continues Its Recent Trend of Rejecting DOJ’s Broad Reading of Federal Criminal Law in Thompson v. United States

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On March 21, 2025, the Supreme Court continued its push back on an expansive reading of the federal criminal laws involving fraud and corruption by overturning the false statement conviction of Patrick Daley Thompson. In a...more

Holland & Knight LLP

Former MoviePass Executive Consents and Pleads Guilty in Parallel SEC and DOJ Cases

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In Hollywood, the sequel (or, even more so, the third installment) is rarely as good as the original movie. In the world of enforcement, the same rings true....more

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False Alarm? SCOTUS to Consider Whether Misleading but Literally True Statements Are “False” Under Federal Criminal Law

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If you tell your partner that you spent $100 on a rare bobblehead for your office, when the full price was actually $1,000, have you said anything false? Literally, you did spend $100; you just spent another $900 as well....more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

The George Santos Indictment: An Explainer

On Wednesday, May 10, 2023, U.S. Rep. George Santos was charged in a 13-count federal indictment in the Eastern District of New York. Elected in 2022, Rep. Santos represents New York’s 3rd Congressional District, covering the...more

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SEC and U.S. Attorney’s Office Bring Action Against Promoter of Bitcoin Store, Inc.

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On June 30, 2017, the SEC and the U.S. Attorney brought parallel civil and criminal fraud charges against Renwick Haddow, the owner of an unregistered broker-dealer entity named InCrowd Equity Inc., and two corporate entities...more

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SEC Settles Financial Fraud Case

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Two senior executives at Veolia Environmental Services Special Services, a U.S. subsidiary of Paris based multi-national Veolia Environment S.A., were named in and resolved a financial fraud case with the SEC. SEC v. Hohol,...more

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