White Collar

  • April 01, 2025

    Tyler Tech Denied Early Exit From NC Civil Rights Class Action

    Tyler Technologies, the Texas-based software provider behind North Carolina's transition to a digital court system, can't escape a proposed civil rights class action claiming the new technology led to wrongful arrests and extended jail time, though claims against one sheriff named in the suit were dismissed.

  • April 01, 2025

    Atty's Fraud Sentence Upheld In Long-Delayed Ruling

    A California lawyer who was convicted for his role in a pump-and-dump scheme has lost a motion filed in Massachusetts federal court in 2018 seeking to vacate a four-year prison term.

  • April 01, 2025

    Manhattan DA Dodges Collector's Suit Over Statue Probe

    A California federal judge dismissed a case brought by an art dealer trying to block an investigation from Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg over an ancient Roman statue that Bragg says may have been looted from Turkey, finding that the collector's request for the court to declare him the owner of the piece would not redress any injury caused by the probe.

  • April 01, 2025

    Ariz. Developer, Son Charged In $280M Sports Park Fraud

    An Arizona developer and his son tricked bondholders into investing $280 million in a Phoenix-area youth sports park by falsely promising "100% occupancy prior to breaking ground" in part via the use of forged documents, federal prosecutors in Manhattan charged Tuesday.

  • April 01, 2025

    Duane Morris Adds Ex-Prosecutor To Chicago Trial Team

    A seasoned federal prosecutor with BigLaw chops has joined Duane Morris LLP's Chicago office, bringing close to two decades of experience to his new role as partner in the firm's white collar defense, corporate investigations and regulatory compliance, and trial practice groups.

  • April 01, 2025

    Ex-DHS Intel Head To Lead Mayer Brown Investigations Team

    The former leader of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security's intelligence office has joined Mayer Brown LLP to help lead its global investigations and white collar defense practice — a role that he says allows him to join forces with attorneys whom he's known for years.

  • April 01, 2025

    Hunter Biden Agrees To Disbarment In District of Columbia

    Hunter Biden has agreed to give up his license to practice law in Washington, D.C., according to an attorney disciplinary board's report issued Tuesday.

  • April 01, 2025

    NJ Fraudster Found Guilty After Earlier Sentence Commuted

    A New Jersey federal jury found fraudster Eliyahu Weinstein guilty of orchestrating a multimillion-dollar Ponzi scheme while he was on supervised release following a previous fraud sentence that drew clemency from Donald Trump at the end of his first presidential term.

  • March 31, 2025

    Ex-FDNY Official Gets 20 Months For Safety Review Kickbacks

    A Manhattan federal judge on Monday sentenced a former high-ranking New York City fire department official to 20 months in prison for accepting tens of thousands of dollars in bribes in exchange for expediting building safety checks.

  • March 31, 2025

    Trump Commutes Con Man Jason Galanis' Prison Sentence

    President Donald Trump on Friday commuted the nearly 16-year sentence of fraudster Jason Galanis, who was convicted in a shareholder rip-off and a tribal bond swindle that cost investors $81 million.

  • March 31, 2025

    Federal Worker Union Challenges Trump Order Gutting CBAs

    The National Treasury Employees Union sued on Monday to block portions of President Donald Trump's recent executive order ending collective bargaining at a number of federal agencies where its members work, saying the directive amounts to unlawful "political retribution" for the union's legal advocacy against Trump's agenda.

  • March 31, 2025

    Fla. Man Gets Prison Over 'Grills' Purchases With Public Cash

    An Orlando, Florida, man was sentenced to nearly six years in federal prison after he pled guilty to defrauding the state of California out of more than $4 million in unemployment benefits meant to help people during the COVID-19 pandemic and spending it on luxury purchases, including diamond-studded "grills," or teeth jewelry.

  • March 31, 2025

    Sotomayor And Jackson Rue Court's Rejection Of Habeas Case

    Justices Sonia Sotomayor and Ketanji Brown Jackson said Monday the U.S. Supreme Court should resolve a circuit split regarding how many circuit judges' votes are needed to allow a habeas appeal, critiquing the denial of cert to a death row prisoner.

  • March 31, 2025

    Diddy Accuser's Suit Tossed After Anonymity Bid Denied

    A New York federal judge on Monday dismissed a woman's lawsuit accusing Sean "Diddy" Combs of violently assaulting and raping her at a party in New York City, noting that the woman didn't sue using her real name despite a court order requiring that she do so.

  • March 31, 2025

    Shook Hardy Practice Leader To Stand In As Chicago US Atty

    One of Chicago firm Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP's government investigations and white-collar practice chairs is headed back to the U.S. attorney's office, this time as northern Illinois' next top prosecutor, after spending about a decade in private practice serving in leading white collar roles.

  • March 31, 2025

    Feds Seek $3M From Ex-Ill. Speaker, Who Wants New Trial

    Former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan urged an Illinois federal judge to acquit him of bribery and wire fraud, or at least order a new trial, due to "numerous" jury instruction and evidentiary errors that confused and prejudiced the jury, on the same day prosecutors filed a motion for him to forfeit more than $3 million in the wake of his partial conviction.

  • March 31, 2025

    'Unprofessional' Pro Se Atty Can't Get 2nd Extortion Trial

    A medical malpractice attorney was denied a new trial by a Maryland federal judge who said prosecutors presented sufficient evidence that he tried to extort $25 million from the University of Maryland Medical System, and called out the lawyer for "inappropriate, unprofessional, and unbecoming" behavior while representing himself at trial.

  • March 31, 2025

    Town Must Pay $7.7M To Murder Exoneree With Added Interest

    A Connecticut murder exoneree is entitled to nearly $2 million in interest payments on top of a $5.7 million jury verdict against the estate of a deceased town of New Milford police officer, a federal judge has ruled.

  • March 31, 2025

    Despite 'Admirable' Effort, Vertex Kickback Challenge Fails

    A D.C. federal judge dealt a loss on Monday to gene therapy drugmaker Vertex Pharmaceuticals, ruling in favor of a U.S. Department of Health and Human Services advisory opinion that found the company's fertility preservation program could potentially violate the Anti-Kickback Statute.

  • March 31, 2025

    Justices Decline Chance To Clarify Medical Pot Protections

    The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday declined to hear an appeal arguing that congressional spending legislation bars federal prosecutors from bringing cases against state-compliant medical marijuana operations.

  • March 31, 2025

    Feds Seek 10 Years For Ex-Girardi CFO's 'Brazen' Crimes

    Los Angeles federal prosecutors said Girardi Keese's former head of accounting should spend 10 years in prison after pleading guilty to assisting Tom Girardi in siphoning clients' settlement funds and what the government called a "brazen" side fraud to steal from the firm's operating accounts.

  • March 31, 2025

    Ex-CardReady CEO Gets 7 Years For Aiding In $19M Scam

    A Manhattan federal judge hit a former credit card processing executive from California with a seven-year prison sentence Monday for scheming to saddle thousands of victims with payments that supported a $19 million Florida-based telemarketing fraud.

  • March 31, 2025

    Aspiration Partners Hits Ch. 11 After Founder's Fraud Arrest

    Sustainability-focused financial services company Aspiration Partners Inc. filed for Chapter 11 protection in Delaware, less than a month after founder Joseph Sanberg was arrested and hit with federal fraud charges.

  • March 31, 2025

    Eric Adams Urges Speedy Dismissal As NYC Primaries Loom

    New York City Mayor Eric Adams on Monday urged a Manhattan federal judge to promptly throw out his bribery and corruption charges, pointing to an upcoming mayoral election filing deadline and the court's previous vows to rule quickly.

  • March 29, 2025

    Up Next At High Court: Terror Liability, Health Provider Choice

    The U.S. Supreme Court will return to the bench this week to consider whether a federal law subjecting Palestinian government organizations to federal jurisdiction violates due process principles and if the Medicaid Act's provider choice provision allows individual benefit recipients to sue states over the disqualification of healthcare providers. 

Expert Analysis

  • Nev. Fraud Ruling Raises Stakes For Proxy Battles

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    Though a Nevada federal court’s recent U.S. v. Boruchowitz decision involved unusual facts, the court's ruling that board members can be defrauded of their seat through misrepresentations increases fraud risks in more typical circumstances involving board elections, especially proxy fights, say attorneys at ArentFox Schiff.

  • Law Firm Executive Orders Create A Legal Ethics Minefield

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    Recent executive orders targeting BigLaw firms create ethical dilemmas — and raise the specter of civil or criminal liability — for the government attorneys tasked with implementing them and for the law firms that choose to make agreements with the administration, say attorneys at Buchalter.

  • Firms Must Embrace Alternative Billing Models Or Fall Behind

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    As artificial intelligence tools eliminate inefficiencies and the Big Four accounting firms enter the legal market, law firms that pivot from the entrenched billable hour model to outcomes-based pricing will see a distinct competitive advantage, says attorney William Brewer.

  • Opinion

    7 Ways CFTC Should Nix Unnecessary Regulatory Burdens

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    Several U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission regulations do not work efficiently in practice, all of which can be abolished or improved in order to comply with a recent executive order requiring the elimination of 10 regulations for every new one implemented, say attorneys at K&L Gates.

  • Risks Of Today's Proffer Agreements May Outweigh Benefits

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    Modern-day proffer agreements offer fewer protections to individuals as U.S. attorney's offices take different approaches to information-sharing, so counsel must consider pushing for provisions in such agreements that bar the prosecuting office from sharing information with nonparty government agencies, say attorneys at Lankler Siffert & Wohl.

  • SDNY Sentencing Ruling Is Boon For White Collar Defendants

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    Defense attorneys should consider how to maximize the impact of a New York federal court’s recent groundbreaking ruling in U.S. v. Tavberidze, which held that a sentencing guidelines provision unconstitutionally penalizes the right to a jury trial, says Sarah Sulkowski at Gelber & Santillo.

  • How Attorneys Can Master The Art Of On-Camera Presence

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    As attorneys are increasingly presented with on-camera opportunities, they can adapt their traditional legal skills for video contexts — such as virtual client meetings, marketing content or media interviews — by understanding the medium and making intentional adjustments, says Kerry Barrett.

  • Border Cash Transaction Rule Heralds Wider AML Crackdown

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    The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network’s new order for money services providers near the Mexican border to report cash transactions over $200 should warn financial institutions to prepare for the new administration's heightened scrutiny of cross-border transactions and anti-money laundering compliance, says Daniel Silva at Buchalter.

  • Series

    Baseball Fantasy Camp Makes Me A Better Lawyer

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    With six baseball fantasy experiences under my belt, I've learned time and again that I didn't make the wrong career choice, but I've also learned that baseball lessons are life lessons, and I'm a better lawyer for my time at St. Louis Cardinals fantasy camp, says Scott Felder at Wiley.

  • DOJ Immigration Playbook May Take Cues From A 2017 Case

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    A record criminal resolution with a tree trimming company accused of knowingly employing unauthorized workers in 2017 may provide clues as to how the U.S. Department of Justice’s immigration crackdown will touch American companies, which should prepare now for potential enforcement actions, says Jonathan Porter at Husch Blackwell.

  • Paul Atkins' Past Speeches Offer A Glimpse Into SEC's Future

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    Following Paul Atkins' Thursday Senate confirmation hearing, a look at his public remarks while serving as a commissioner at the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission between 2002 and 2008 reveals eight possible structural and procedural changes the SEC may see once he likely takes over as chair, say attorneys at Covington.

  • Include State And Local Enforcers In Cartel Risk Evaluations

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    Any reassessment of enforcement risk following the federal designation of drug cartels as foreign terrorist organizations should include applicable state and local enforcement authorities, which have powerful tools, such as grand jury subpoenas and search warrants, that businesses would be wise to consider, say attorneys at King & Spalding.

  • Series

    Adapting To Private Practice: From Fed. Prosecutor To BigLaw

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    Making the jump from government to private practice is no small feat, but, based on my experience transitioning to a business-driven environment after 15 years as an assistant U.S. attorney, it can be incredibly rewarding and help you become a more versatile lawyer, says Michael Beckwith at Dickinson Wright.

  • Service By Token Is Transforming Crypto Litigation Landscape

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    As the Trump administration advocates a new course of cryptocurrency regulation, courts in the U.S. and abroad are authorizing innovative methods of process service, including via nonfungible tokens and blockchain messaging, offering practical solutions for litigators grappling with the anonymity of cyber defendants, says Jose Ceide at Salazar Law.

  • Opinion

    SEC Shouldn't Complicate Broker-Dealers' AML Compliance

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    Recent U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission anti-money laundering enforcement actions show that regulators should not second-guess broker-dealers' reasonable judgment, or stretch the law or their jurisdiction to regulate through enforcement, lest they expect broker-dealers to vigorously defend their AML programs, say attorneys at WilmerHale.

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