Attorney General of the United States v. Stephen Wynn

  1. September 30, 2024

    DC Circ. Urged To Revisit Retroactive FARA Registration

    The U.S. Department of Justice is pressing the D.C. Circuit to reconsider a ruling that barred the federal government from suing to compel former foreign agents to register their onetime foreign influence efforts, arguing that the precedent behind the ruling wrongly hamstrings the DOJ's ability to enforce the Foreign Agents Registration Act.

  2. June 14, 2024

    DOJ Can't Force Retroactive FARA Registration, DC Circ. Says

    The U.S. Department of Justice can't force casino magnate Steve Wynn to retroactively register as a foreign agent because his alleged lobbying efforts on behalf of China ended years ago, a D.C. Circuit panel ruled Friday.

  3. November 14, 2023

    Judges Skeptical Of Civil-Criminal Disparity In Wynn Case

    Judges on the D.C. Circuit heard the government's appeal in its unregistered foreign lobbying case against casino magnate Steve Wynn on Tuesday morning, and some seemed skeptical that the criminal penalties under the Foreign Agents Registration Act would have longer statutes of limitations than their civil counterparts, as a district court ruling from last year implied.