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McCarter & English, LLP

DOJ Returns to Charging the “Most Serious, Readily Provable Offenses” and Shifts Resources to Immigration Enforcement

The US Department of Justice (DOJ) recently issued a three-page memorandum from acting Deputy Attorney General Emil Bove to the entire DOJ workforce directing federal prosecutors to return to previous DOJ charging guidelines,...more

Zuckerman Spaeder LLP

The Imperative for Outlawing “Acquitted Conduct Sentencing”

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In federal court, “not guilty” doesn’t always mean no punishment. Under a quirk of federal sentencing law, judges are permitted to consider at sentencing anything that they consider relevant, including conduct for which a...more

Thomas Fox - Compliance Evangelist

FCPA Compliance Report - Eric Morehead - The US Sentencing Guidelines at 30

Welcome to the award-winning FCPA Compliance Report, the longest-running podcast in compliance. In today's episode, I visit Eric Morehead, Director of Advisory Services at LRN, and discuss the US Sentencing Guidelines on the...more

Fox Rothschild LLP

Predicting A Renewed Focus On White-Collar Crime Under President Biden’s DOJ

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During the 2020 campaign, former President Trump frequently called himself the “law and order president.” However, based upon a review of statistics from his time in office, his attention appears to have been focused on...more

Womble Bond Dickinson

Year One of Trump’s DOJ: An Overview of the Four Major Categories of Offenders

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This article is the second in a series analyzing the Sourcebook of Federal Sentencing Statistics for Fiscal Year 2018, recently released by the United States Sentencing Commission. As discussed in our first article, the...more

Morrison & Foerster LLP

California Lawyer 2015 Roundtable Series: White-Collar Defense

The latest developments in white-collar criminal law include a gamechanging decision on insider trading, new sentencing guidelines for fraud convictions, more options for filing charges under the bank fraud statutes, and a...more

Moore & Van Allen PLLC

DOJ Enforcement to Trend Even More Towards White Collar?

On April 29, 2009, just weeks after being sworn in as the Assistant Attorney General for the Department of Justice’s Criminal Division, Lanny Breuer testified before Congress that “[t]he Administration believes Congress’s...more

Thomas Fox - Compliance Evangelist

What Is ‘Acceptance Of Responsibility’ Under The US Sentencing Guidelines?

One of the things that I am often asked is how are fines and penalties calculated for Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) violations? ...more

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