White Collar

  • March 06, 2025

    Judges Urge Attys To Help Restore Confidence In Judiciary

    Federal district judges at the American Bar Association's white collar conference Thursday decried threats and attacks on judges and urged attorneys to help them restore public confidence in the judiciary.

  • March 06, 2025

    Fake NY Lawyer Charged With Stealing $200K From Clients

    A New York man has been indicted on charges he impersonated a lawyer and stole $200,000 from clients over the course of nearly three years, the Manhattan District Attorney's Office announced Thursday.

  • March 06, 2025

    NY Court Rejects Leon Black's Malicious Prosecution Suit

    A New York appeals court on Thursday rejected a malicious prosecution suit brought by former Apollo Global Management CEO Leon Black against Wigdor LLP, which represented a woman in a failed lawsuit accusing him of sexual assault.

  • March 05, 2025

    DC Circ. Lets Trump Remove Watchdog Chief As Feds Appeal

    The D.C. Circuit on Wednesday issued a stay that allows President Donald Trump to fire the head of the Office of Special Counsel while the government appeals a district court order that permanently reinstalled the federal employment watchdog.

  • March 05, 2025

    Wyo. Firm's 'Classic' Ponzi Scheme Made $92M, Investors Say

    A group of would-be investors has filed suit against a purported investment management company and associated entities and individuals, alleging they were taken in by a "classic Ponzi scheme" that raked in at least $92 million from its victims.

  • March 05, 2025

    NJ US Atty Says FCPA Case Delay Pauses Speedy Trial Clock

    The adjournment of the government's Foreign Corrupt Practices Act case against two former Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp. executives should stop the Speedy Trial Act clock because the case needs a "fulsome review" in light of the pause in FCPA enforcement, New Jersey's freshly minted top federal prosecutor told a judge Wednesday.

  • March 05, 2025

    Accused Tax Prep Hacker Faces Refund Fraud Case In Boston

    A Nigerian national accused of conspiring to use stolen taxpayer information and reaping $1.3 million in phony returns has been extradited to the United States to face charges of breaking into Massachusetts tax preparation firms' computer networks, Boston federal prosecutors said.

  • March 05, 2025

    Amazon, Others Must Face Guo Ch. 11 Clawback Claims

    A Chapter 11 trustee can chase cash payments Chinese exile Miles Guo passed through nondebtor alter ego shell companies when buying goods and services from a long list of companies and law firms, a Connecticut bankruptcy judge has ruled.

  • March 05, 2025

    US Looks For Pause In PetroSaudi $380M Seizure Suit

    The United States has asked a California federal court to stay its suit to seize part of a $380 million arbitral award issued to a PetroSaudi unit, saying the civil case is up in the air because the oil producer's sole owner was convicted in August in Swiss criminal court.

  • March 05, 2025

    FINRA Fines NJ Firm, Suspends AML Compliance Officer

    The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority has fined Network 1 Securities and suspended its anti-money laundering compliance officer over their alleged failure to design a reasonable compliance program to prevent money laundering.

  • March 05, 2025

    Feds Allege Vast Overseas Insider Trading Scheme

    Two foreigners are facing criminal charges and civil securities fraud claims for allegedly masterminding a multinational, yearslong insider trading scheme that generated millions of dollars in illicit profits by trading on leaked information ahead of business developments. 

  • March 05, 2025

    Combs Says Assault Claims Expired More Than 10 Years Ago

    Sean "Diddy" Combs and his Bad Boy companies on Tuesday moved to dismiss a woman's lawsuit accusing the rapper and producer of raping and threatening to kill her, saying her chance to lodge her single claim under New York City's gender-motivated violence protection law expired more than a decade ago.

  • March 05, 2025

    Ga. Clinic Bilked Federal Healthcare Programs, FCA Suit Says

    A Georgia federal judge has unsealed a whistleblower lawsuit against a respiratory clinic accusing it of using unlicensed medical personnel, bilking Medicare and Medicaid by submitting thousands of fraudulent claims, and pushing its patients into unnecessary treatment to milk them for cash.

  • March 05, 2025

    SEC Defends 'Follow-On' Action From Post-Jarkesy Challenge

    The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission is defending its ability to pursue industry bars in its administrative court, telling a Washington, D.C., federal judge that a recent U.S. Supreme Court decision limiting the use of in-house courts does not prevent the agency from booting a father and son duo from the investment advisory industry.

  • March 05, 2025

    Jay-Z, Buzbee Dispute Threats, Confession In Rape Case

    The monthslong legal feud between Shawn "Jay-Z" Carter and prominent plaintiffs attorney Tony Buzbee has reached a new pitch, as Carter claims to have evidence proving he did not rape a 13-year-old alongside disgraced rapper Sean "Diddy" Combs, while Buzbee claims Carter is trying to menace the victim into silence.

  • March 05, 2025

    Ex-Auto Lender CEO Gets 4 Years For $67M Fraud Schemes

    The former chief executive of an Illinois subprime auto lending company was sentenced to four years in prison Wednesday for two fraud schemes, one involving the misappropriation of $5.3 million from his own company and the other entailing submitting false information to Wells Fargo that ultimately caused more than $60 million in losses.

  • March 05, 2025

    DOJ's Absence Felt At ABA Conference On White Collar Crime

    Officials from the U.S. Department of Justice were conspicuously absent Wednesday from the American Bar Association's annual white collar crime conference, leaving organizers scrambling to fill empty panel seats and practitioners guessing as to what the Trump administration's enforcement priorities will be.

  • March 05, 2025

    University Of California Facing Fed Probe Into Antisemitism

    The U.S. Department of Justice announced Wednesday the government has opened a civil investigation into whether the University of California has fostered antisemitism on its campuses following President Donald Trump's January executive order prioritizing federal probes into alleged antisemitic harassment on school grounds.

  • March 05, 2025

    Pfizer Beats Claims Of Copay Aid Scheme For Good

    Litigation firms accusing Pfizer of a scheme to inflate drug prices for Medicare and Medicaid plans saw their suit dismissed permanently, with a Washington, D.C., federal judge ruling they had been given "enough chances" to remedy pleading deficiencies in their claims.

  • March 05, 2025

    12 Chinese Nationals Charged With Hacking Scheme

    The U.S. Department of Justice announced it has charged 12 Chinese nationals who it alleges were employed as contractors by a shell company that ran hacking operations against dissidents of the Chinese government and against multiple foreign ministries of other governments in Asia.

  • March 05, 2025

    Atty Can Be Retried For 'Disrespecting' Judge, Court Told

    Double jeopardy does not apply to summary contempt convictions, the Michigan Supreme Court heard Tuesday, as a Detroit court argued that a criminal defense attorney can be retried on a contempt charge for what a judge described as disrespectful behavior.

  • March 05, 2025

    Revived Bill To Add Judges Teed Up For Another House Vote

    The House Judiciary Committee voted out of committee three bills on Wednesday along party lines, including legislation to add more federal judgeships that the federal judiciary says are needed desperately but has become subject to partisan fighting.

  • March 05, 2025

    Ex-DOJ Official Jeffrey Clark Returns To Trump Administration

    Jeffrey Clark, a former U.S. Department of Justice official who is facing criminal charges in Georgia and fighting to save his law license over claims that he helped President Donald Trump try to overturn the results of the 2020 election, has returned to the federal government.

  • March 05, 2025

    Water Main Co. Will Pay $1M After Chemicals Killed Fish

    A sewer and water line maintenance company was sentenced to pay $1 million and will spend three years on federal probation after knowingly dumping pollutants into a Connecticut waterway, killing over 150 fish and contaminating the area, acting U.S. Attorney Marc H. Silverman has announced.

  • March 05, 2025

    Senate Confirms Todd Blanche To Be Trump's Deputy AG

    The Senate voted 52-46 on Wednesday to confirm Todd Blanche, one of President Donald Trump's former criminal attorneys, to be deputy attorney general.

Expert Analysis

  • A Halftime Analysis Of DOJ's Compensation Pilot Program

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    The U.S. Department of Justice appears to consider the first half of its three-year pilot program on compensation incentives and clawbacks to be proceeding successfully, so companies should expect prosecutors to emphasize the program and other compliance-related considerations early in investigations, say attorneys at Debevoise.

  • Opinion

    Courts Should Nix Conferencing Rule In 1 Discovery Scenario

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    Parties are generally required to meet and confer to resolve a discovery dispute before bringing a related motion, but courts should dispense with this conferencing requirement when a party fails to specify a time by which it will complete its production, says Tristan Ellis at Shanies Law.

  • Perspectives

    How High Court May Rule In First Step Act Resentencing Case

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    U.S. Supreme Court justices grappled with verb tenses and statutory intent in recent oral arguments in Hewitt v. U.S., a case involving an anomalous resentencing issue under the First Step Act, and though they may hold that the statute is unambiguous, they could also decide the case on narrow, practical grounds, say attorneys at Bracewell.

  • Series

    Documentary Filmmaking Makes Me A Better Lawyer

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    Becoming a documentary filmmaker has allowed me to merge my legal expertise with my passion for storytelling, and has helped me to hone negotiation, critical thinking and problem-solving skills that are important to both endeavors, says Robert Darwell at Sheppard Mullin.

  • Litigation Funding Disclosure Debate: Strategy Considerations

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    In the ongoing debate over whether courts should require disclosure of litigation funding, funders and plaintiffs tend to argue against such mandates, but voluntarily disclosing limited details about a funding arrangement can actually confer certain benefits to plaintiffs in some scenarios, say Andrew Stulce and Marc Cavan at Longford Capital.

  • 2025 May Be A Breakout Year For The Cannabis Industry

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    The cannabis industry faced a slow and frustrating 2024, but consumer trends continue to shift in favor of cannabis, and the new administration may provide the catalyst that the industry needs, says Lynn Gefen at TerrAscend.

  • Understanding Risks Of Celebrities 'Hawking' Crypto Tokens

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    Prominent social media personality Haliey Welch was recently sued over the promotion and sale of the Hawk Tuah cryptocurrency memecoin, underscoring the importance of public figures conducting due diligence to verify they aren't endorsing a token that is in fact a security, say attorneys at Sheppard Mullin.

  • Opinion

    Firing Of Jack Smith's Team Is A Threat To Rule Of Law

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    The acting attorney general’s justifications for firing prosecutors who worked on the criminal cases against President Donald Trump rest on a mischaracterization of legal norms, and this likely illegal move augurs poorly for the rule of law, say Bruce Green at Fordham University and Rebecca Roiphe at New York Law School.

  • Art Fraud Cases Highlight Importance Of Due Diligence

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    Recent high-profile art fraud cases provide a helpful reminder that a healthy skepticism can prevent prospective buyers from becoming victims, and that lawyers can take steps to help safeguard their clients, say attorneys at Arnold & Porter.

  • Series

    Adventure Photography Makes Me A Better Lawyer

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    Photographing nature everywhere from Siberia to Cuba and Iceland to Rwanda provides me with a constant reminder to refresh, refocus and rethink the legal issues that my clients face, says Richard Birmingham at Davis Wright.

  • Politicized OIGs Could Target Federal Employees, Contractors

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    After President Donald Trump fired nearly 20 inspectors general last week, it’s worth exploring how the administration could use Offices of Inspectors General to target federal employees and contractors, why it would be difficult to fight this effort, and one possible bulwark against the politicization of these watchdogs, says Sara Kropf at Kropf Moseley.

  • 5 Ways To Create Effective Mock Assignments For Associates

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    In order to effectively develop associates’ critical thinking skills, firms should design mock assignments that contain a few key ingredients, from messy fact patterns to actionable feedback, says Abdi Shayesteh at AltaClaro.

  • Assessing Gary Gensler's Legacy At The SEC

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    Gary Gensler's tenure as U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission chair is defined by a record of commonsense regulation in some areas and social activism in others, and by increasing judicial skepticism about the SEC's authority to fulfill its regulatory, enforcement, administrative law and adjudicatory functions, say attorneys at Arnold & Porter.

  • What Public View Of CEO's Killing Means For Corporate Trials

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    Given the proliferation of anti-corporate sentiments following recent charges against Luigi Mangione in connection with the killing of UnitedHealthcare's CEO, attorneys who represent corporate clients and executives will need to adapt their trial strategy to account for juror anger, says Clint Townson at Townson Litigation Consulting.

  • Takeaways From DOJ Fraud Section's 2024 Year In Review

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    Attorneys at Paul Weiss highlight notable developments in the U.S. Department of Justice Fraud Section’s recently released annual report, and discuss what the second Trump administration could mean for enforcement in the year to come.

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