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Supreme Smack Down: High Court Unanimously Circumscribes DOJ’s Honest Services Fraud Theories

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The Supreme Court yet again unanimously overturned bribery convictions based on prosecutorial overreach via the honest services wire fraud statute. The steady stream of reversals fundamentally challenges the DOJ’s approach in...more

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Does the Supreme Court Argument in Ciminelli Foreshadow Further Narrowing of Federal Fraud Statutes?

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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

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