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November 04, 2024
Ex-LA City Hall Lobbyist Dodges Jail For Bribery Scheme
A California federal judge Monday sentenced a former Los Angeles City Hall lobbyist to six months home confinement for his role in conspiring to bribe a then-city councilmember, telling the defendant he started the day planning to sentence him to prison but changed his mind after hearing his "sincere" comments.
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November 04, 2024
Worker Says Ga. City Fired Him For Opposing Mayor's Fraud
The former finance director of Norcross, Georgia, has slapped the city, its mayor and a city council member with a complaint in Georgia federal court alleging he was subjected to "vicious retaliation" and fired after disclosing the mayor's "fraud, waste, abuse and violations of the law."
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November 04, 2024
Atty Moves To Oust DA Who Cleared Cops In Brother's Death
A Littler Mendelson PC shareholder's effort to remove the Massachusetts district attorney who absolved officers in the 2021 fatal shooting of his brother left justices on the state's highest court grappling with the reach of a seldom-used state statute allowing them to oust government officials for "the public good."
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November 04, 2024
Ohio Justices Tap 3 To Mull Suspension For Indicted Mayor
The Ohio Supreme Court appointed three retired judges Monday to decide whether East Cleveland Mayor Brandon King should be suspended in light of his felony indictment for allegedly using his position to funnel public funds to his own companies.
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November 04, 2024
Feds Slam Ozy Media CEO's 'Last-Ditch' Effort To DQ Judge
Prosecutors have pushed back against Ozy Media CEO Carlos Watson's "last-ditch effort" to get his fraud and identity theft convictions undone, insisting that investments owned by the New York federal judge overseeing his case are in hedge funds and not in Watson's victims, and are too small to matter.
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November 01, 2024
'Mutant Ape' NFT Developer Avoids Prison For 'Rug Pull'
A 26-year-old French citizen was spared further incarceration on Friday for a $2.9 million scheme to fraudulently market "Mutant Ape Planet" nonfungible tokens to investors, a sentence in large part driven by the uncertainty over the purchasers' loss.
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November 01, 2024
EBay Must Face Punitive Damages For Some Stalking Claims
A Massachusetts federal judge held Friday that a pair of bloggers can pursue punitive damages from eBay Inc. on some of their civil claims over an "extraordinary and troubling" harassment campaign orchestrated by the e-commerce giant's security staffers.
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November 01, 2024
Wheeling & Appealing: The Latest Must-Know Appellate Action
One circuit court will hold an oral argument for the history books, with dizzying logistics and stakes surpassing almost anything on the U.S. Supreme Court's calendar. Other circuit showdowns will delve into the high court's latest opinions and flesh out fascinating feuds involving big beer brands and emerging theories of "administrative state" overreach. All that and more is making November a month of exceptional appellate intrigue.
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November 01, 2024
'Razzlekhan' Asks For Time Served For Role In Crypto Hack
The wife of a hacker convicted for his role in a scheme to steal bitcoin worth billions of dollars from crypto exchange Bitfinex has asked to dodge future prison time ahead of sentencing for her role laundering the scheme's proceeds.
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November 01, 2024
NJ Man Cops To Russian Scheme To Smuggle US Tech
A dual U.S.-Russian national accused of scheming to smuggle sensitive, American-made technology to further Russia's weapons development pled guilty on Friday to conspiracy charges in New York federal court, according to prosecutors.
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November 01, 2024
DOJ, Navarro Spar Over White House Emails Turnover
The legal team representing former Trump administration adviser Peter Navarro argued in D.C. federal court Friday that some 300 emails from Navarro's time at the White House are purely personal and should stay out of the hands of the National Archives.
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November 01, 2024
Judge Skeptical Of NYC Mayor's Bid To Dismiss Bribery Count
A Manhattan federal judge on Friday voiced skepticism of New York City Mayor Eric Adams' motion to dismiss his bribery charge, and set an April trial date in a case accusing the mayor of taking travel perks from Turkish officials in exchange for official favors.
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November 01, 2024
Wash. Man Gets 4 Years For Killing And Selling Eagles
A Washington man who conspired to hunt and kill thousands of bald and golden eagles and hawks on a Montana reservation to sell on the black market will serve nearly four years in federal prison following a plea agreement in which prosecutors dropped nearly a dozen charges.
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November 01, 2024
What Happens To Ga. Election Case If Trump Wins?
The fate of the Georgia election interference case against former President Donald Trump is on the ballot this November, according to legal experts, who told Law360 that a Trump victory would likely mean any trial would have to wait until he completes his term in office.
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November 01, 2024
Ex-Mohawk IT Exec Cops To $1.8M Ripoff Of Flooring Co.
Days before he was set to face trial, flooring giant Mohawk's former head of information technology pled guilty Friday to eight wire fraud and conspiracy charges for running a third-party vendor scheme that ripped off his employer to the tune of $1.8 million.
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November 01, 2024
Pennsylvania's Attorney General Race: Four Things To Know
In the race for Pennsylvania attorney general, a former county prosecutor and a two-term auditor general are facing off for the chance to be the Keystone State's top lawyer — both with ties to York, Pennsylvania, and Widener University Commonwealth Law School in Harrisburg. But whether they'd be more at home in the office's criminal prosecution or civil litigation roles depends on the candidate.
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November 01, 2024
Danish Tax Agency To Settle With Atty In $2.1B Tax Fraud Suit
Denmark's tax authority has agreed to settle with an attorney whom it has accused of helping clients claim fraudulent tax refunds in a sprawling $2.1 billion case, according to a letter by its attorney in New York federal court.
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November 01, 2024
Columbus Doctor Found Guilty In $1.5M Medicaid Scam
A Columbus, Ohio, doctor and his practice were found guilty of defrauding the state's Medicaid program out of $1.5 million through false reimbursement requests for medical equipment he was not actually purchasing, Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost announced.
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November 01, 2024
Chinese National Stole Investment Firm's Code, Feds Say
A Chinese national has been indicted on charges he stole trade secrets from his employer, an unnamed global investment management company in Boston, to set up his own firm in China.
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November 01, 2024
Accountant Gets 1 Year For Failing To Report Stolen Income
An accountant for a manufacturing company who embezzled more than $800,000 and failed to report it on his tax returns was sentenced to just over a year in prison and ordered to pay $1 million in restitution, according to New Jersey federal court documents.
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October 31, 2024
Ex-Goldman Exec Says 1MDB Judge Thwarted His Defense
Former Goldman Sachs executive Roger Ng on Thursday told the Second Circuit that his trial defense over the massive $6.5 billion 1MDB scheme was marred by the wrongful exclusion of video evidence that supported his claim that $35 million he received in alleged kickbacks was actually investment proceeds.
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October 31, 2024
3rd Circ. Preview: Boy Scouts' Ch. 11 Plan Row Tops Nov.
The future of the Boy Scouts of America's Chapter 11 bankruptcy plan is set to be determined by the Third Circuit this month, with the court poised to consider whether recent U.S. Supreme Court precedent on bankruptcies and settlements allows the reopening of the plan.
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October 31, 2024
Ex-Aide Accuses Menendez Associate Of Sex Harassment
The former personal assistant to a New Jersey businessman convicted along with former Sen. Robert Menendez in a federal bribery case alleged in New Jersey state court that she was forced into a sexual relationship with the businessman to keep her job in violation of the New Jersey Law Against Discrimination and was subjected to threats.
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October 31, 2024
Berkshire Bank Escapes Claims It Aided $90M Ponzi Scheme
A New York federal judge on Thursday freed Berkshire Bank from a proposed class action that alleged it helped a local businessman's $90 million Ponzi scheme for roughly a decade, saying an investor in a fund central to the scheme didn't show the bank had actual knowledge of the fraud.
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October 31, 2024
Ex-Trump Atty Chesebro's Law License Suspended In NY
Kenneth Chesebro's law license was suspended in New York State on Thursday over his role supporting former President Donald Trump's alleged efforts to overturn Georgia's 2020 election results, with the suspension a result of his guilty plea last year for conspiracy to commit filing false documents.
Expert Analysis
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How To Clean Up Your Generative AI-Produced Legal Drafts
As law firms increasingly rely on generative artificial intelligence tools to produce legal text, attorneys should be on guard for the overuse of cohesive devices in initial drafts, and consider a few editing pointers to clean up AI’s repetitive and choppy outputs, says Ivy Grey at WordRake.
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Supreme Court's ALJ Ruling Carries Implications Beyond SEC
In its recent Jarkesy opinion, the U.S. Supreme Court limited the types of cases that can be tried before the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's in-house administrative law judges, setting the stage for challenges to the constitutionality of ALJs across other agencies, say Robert Robertson and Kimberley Church at Dechert.
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Opinion
A Tale Of 2 Trump Cases: The Rule Of Law Is A Live Issue
The U.S. Supreme Court’s decision this week in Trump v. U.S., holding that former President Donald Trump has broad immunity from prosecution, undercuts the rule of law, while the former president’s New York hush money conviction vindicates it in eight key ways, says David Postel at Henein Hutchison.
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Series
Boxing Makes Me A Better Lawyer
Boxing has influenced my legal work by enabling me to confidently hone the skills I've learned from the sport, like the ability to remain calm under pressure, evaluate an opponent's weaknesses and recognize when to seize an important opportunity, says Kirsten Soto at Clyde & Co.
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Series
After Chevron: No Deference, No Difference For SEC Or CFTC
The Chevron doctrine did not fundamentally alter the interplay between the courts and the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission in the development of the securities and commodities laws — and its demise will not do so either, says Dan Berkovitz at Millennium Management.
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Opinion
Industry Self-Regulation Will Shine Post-Chevron
The U.S. Supreme Court's Loper decision will shape the contours of industry self-regulation in the years to come, providing opportunities for this often-misunderstood practice, says Eric Reicin at BBB National Programs.
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Justices' Bribery Ruling: A Corrupt Act Isn't Necessarily Illegal
In its Snyder v. U.S. decision last week, the U.S. Supreme Court held that a bribery law does not criminalize gratuities, continuing a trend of narrowing federal anti-corruption laws and scrutinizing public corruption prosecutions that go beyond obvious quid pro quo schemes, say Carrie Cohen and Christine Wong at MoFo.
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3 Ways Agencies Will Keep Making Law After Chevron
The U.S. Supreme Court clearly thinks it has done something big in overturning the Chevron precedent that had given deference to agencies' statutory interpretations, but regulated parties have to consider how agencies retain significant power to shape the law and its meaning, say attorneys at K&L Gates.
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Roundup
After Chevron
Since the U.S. Supreme Court overturned the Chevron deference standard in June, this Expert Analysis series has featured attorneys discussing the potential impact across 36 different rulemaking and litigation areas.
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Key Takeaways From High Court's Substitute Expert Decision
The U.S. Supreme Court’s recent Smith v. Arizona decision, holding that the confrontation clause generally bars prosecutors’ use of a substitute expert witness at trial, will have the most impact in narcotics and violent crime cases, but creative defense lawyers may find it useful in white collar cases, too, say Joshua Naftalis and Melissa Kelley at Pallas Partners.
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Opinion
Atty Well-Being Efforts Ignore Root Causes Of The Problem
The legal industry is engaged in a critical conversation about lawyers' mental health, but current attorney well-being programs primarily focus on helping lawyers cope with the stress of excessive workloads, instead of examining whether this work culture is even fundamentally compatible with lawyer well-being, says Jonathan Baum at Avenir Guild.
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Proposed Customer ID Rule Could Cost Investment Advisers
A rule recently proposed by FinCEN and the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission to make financial advisers collect more customer information parallels an anti-money laundering and counterterrorism rule proposed this spring, but firms may face new compliance costs when implementing these screening programs, say attorneys at Lowenstein Sandler.
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Perspectives
High Court Ruling Leaves Chance For Civil Forfeiture Reform
Though advocates for civil forfeiture reform did not prevail in Culley v. Marshall last month, concerns voiced by a majority of the U.S. Supreme Court justices potentially leave the door open to consider stricter limits in future cases, say attorneys at Dykema.
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How Cannabis Rescheduling May Affect Current Operators
The U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency's proposal to reschedule marijuana to Schedule III provides relief in the form of federal policy from the stigma and burdens of Schedule I, but commercial cannabis operations will remain unchanged until the federal-state cannabis policy gap is remedied by Congress, say Meital Manzuri and Alexis Lazzeri at Manzuri Law.
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Series
Skiing And Surfing Make Me A Better Lawyer
The skills I’ve learned while riding waves in the ocean and slopes in the mountains have translated to my legal career — developing strong mentor relationships, remaining calm in difficult situations, and being prepared and able to move to a backup plan when needed, says Brian Claassen at Knobbe Martens.