White Collar

  • May 20, 2025

    Sales Exec Admits Role In $70M Brain Scan Kickback Scheme

    A former operations and regional sales manager for a mobile medical diagnostic company has agreed to plead guilty to taking part in a $70.6 million conspiracy to pay kickbacks to doctors who ordered unnecessary brain scans, Massachusetts federal prosecutors announced Tuesday.

  • May 20, 2025

    Connecticut House Passes Psilocybin Decriminalization Bill

    Connecticut's House of Representatives on Monday narrowly approved a bill to decriminalize possession of small amounts of psilocybin, the active ingredient in psychoactive mushrooms, sending the bill to the state Senate. 

  • May 20, 2025

    Split 4th Circ. Finds Testimony Sufficed For Bad Advice Claim

    A divided Fourth Circuit panel on Tuesday ordered the government to offer a North Carolina man another shot at a plea deal he rejected, finding his defense attorney's bad advice caused him to pass over the bargain and get saddled with a longer sentence.

  • May 20, 2025

    Trump Case May Bolster Wis. Judge's Pitch For Immunity

    The Wisconsin judge accused of obstructing federal immigration authorities' arrest of an unauthorized migrant in her courtroom has a strong argument that judicial immunity protects her after the U.S. Supreme Court's presidential immunity ruling, some experts say, while others say judicial immunity does not extend to criminal prosecutions.

  • May 20, 2025

    Attys For Alleged Fox Hacker 'Deeply Regret' Fake AI Citations

    Two attorneys apologized to a Florida federal judge on Monday for filing a motion to dismiss charges against their client — alleged Fox News video hacker Timothy Burke — that contained fake legal citations generated by artificial intelligence.

  • May 20, 2025

    Apple Can't Get Quick Pause Of App Store Order At 9th Circ.

    The Ninth Circuit agreed Monday to expedite briefing in Apple's appeal challenging a lower court's new injunction mandating certain App Store policy changes, but the panel declined to rule on Apple's emergency request to pause the injunction as Apple and Epic Games brief the hotly contested dispute.

  • May 20, 2025

    Nursing Homes Facing 'Corporate Death Penalty' Owe $15.4M

    The companies behind two Pittsburgh-area nursing homes convicted of falsifying staffing records were ordered Tuesday to pay a total of $15.35 million in restitution to the federal government, though the corporations' attorney told the judge that they had already received a "corporate death penalty" for their conviction.

  • May 20, 2025

    National Security Pro Joins Arnold & Porter White Collar Team

    A former deputy assistant attorney general has left the U.S. Department of Justice to become a partner in Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP's white collar defense and investigations and national security practices in New York, the firm announced Tuesday.

  • May 19, 2025

    Ex-OneTaste Staffer Says Sexual Labor Was Part Of The Job

    A former OneTaste sales employee and "coach" testified Monday in the trial of two former executives, saying she was directed to engage in sexual activity while working a grueling schedule for the sex-themed wellness company, one of multiple ex-staffers to say they suffered psychological harm from their time at OneTaste.

  • May 19, 2025

    Goldstein Assails 'Radical' DOJ Case, Probe Of 'Sexual Habits'

    In his most forceful attack on tax evasion charges that have roiled the U.S. Supreme Court bar, indicted appellate icon Thomas C. Goldstein is accusing the U.S. Department of Justice of embracing "breathtaking" legal theories and revealing prurient information about him "to bias the grand jury."

  • May 19, 2025

    Feds To Use FCA To Go After Antisemitism, DEI Policies

    The U.S. Department of Justice announced Monday that it will use the False Claims Act to go after any recipients of federal funds that the agency determines promote diversity, equity and inclusion policies, and allow antisemitism to thrive.

  • May 19, 2025

    Diamond Dealer Sentenced In $13M Fla. Fraud Case

    A Florida federal judge sentenced a Pennsylvania man to more than six years in prison after he admitted to defrauding more than 100 victims out of $13 million in connection with a diamond investment Ponzi scheme.

  • May 19, 2025

    SEC's 'Shadow Trading' Win Should Be Tossed, 9th Circ. Told

    An ex-Medivation Inc. executive found liable in the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's first-ever "shadow trading" case has asked the Ninth Circuit to overturn the verdict, arguing that his company's policies should have kept the matter from going to a jury in the first place.

  • May 19, 2025

    Terror Claimants Get OK To Serve Ex-Binance CEO's Counsel

    A group of claimants suing Binance for allegedly abetting terrorist attacks have won permission to serve the cryptocurrency exchange's former CEO through his domestic counsel, after a New York federal judge found Friday that the plaintiffs had tried, unsuccessfully, to find his address in the United Arab Emirates.

  • May 19, 2025

    Ex-Exec Says CEO Fraudster Solely To Blame For $2M Theft

    A former Arrow Electronics executive accused of helping steal $2 million told a Colorado federal jury Monday at the start of a seven-day wire fraud trial that he was just an unwitting pawn in a fraud scheme orchestrated by a database company CEO and "master manipulator." 

  • May 19, 2025

    Real Estate CEO Gets 87 Months For $63M Crowdfund Fraud

    The former CEO of a real estate investment firm who copped to ripping off investors in a crowdfunded $63 million development scheme was hit with a seven-plus-year prison sentence Monday from a Georgia federal judge who said the financier's "addiction to optimism" had been his ruin.

  • May 19, 2025

    Apple's Refusal To Put Fortnite On App Store Prompts Hearing

    A California federal judge issued an order Monday requiring Apple to show why she should not find that the company has violated her recent injunction requiring changes to its App Store policies, after Epic Games complained that the tech giant is refusing to put Fortnite back on its U.S. online storefront.

  • May 19, 2025

    Justices Punt On Tribe Leader's Extortion Immunity Claim

    The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday rejected a petition from the former head of a Native American tribe who argued that the First Circuit was wrong to reinstate his convictions tied to the development of a casino project after it concluded that federal extortion law applies to tribal leaders.

  • May 19, 2025

    Ex-Navy Admiral Convicted Of Steering Contracts

    A retired high-ranking U.S. Navy admiral was convicted Monday by a D.C. federal jury of bribery charges stemming from allegations that he steered Navy contracts to a consulting company whose executives promised him a lucrative post-retirement job.

  • May 19, 2025

    Cheesesteak Shop Owner's Sentence For Tax Scheme Vacated

    A Philadelphia cheesesteak shop owner sentenced to almost two years in prison for a conspiracy to pay employees under the table could get a lighter sentence after the Third Circuit ruled he was wrongly given extra time for swaying workers who were actually in on the tax scheme.

  • May 19, 2025

    Conn. Con Man Admits To New $1.9M Medicaid Scam

    A Connecticut man has admitted to a federal charge in connection with a Medicaid scam he ran with a now-former state employee that netted nearly $1.9 million, federal prosecutors said, noting that some of the criminal activity took place while he was in prison for a different healthcare ripoff.

  • May 19, 2025

    Calif. Landowners Seek Review Of 7th Amendment Precedent

    A group of Northern California landowners has asked the U.S. Supreme Court to hear a case arguing that the constitutional right to a jury trial should apply in instances of local law enforcement issuing civil penalties for alleged illicit marijuana growing.

  • May 19, 2025

    'Tornado Cash' Founder Says Feds Withheld Key Evidence

    Tornado Cash founder Roman Storm is demanding federal prosecutors conduct a "thorough" review for additional evidence in his case after the government disclosed in a separate crypto mixer prosecution that Treasury employees had a contrary view of the Justice Department's unlicensed money transmission theory.

  • May 19, 2025

    '50 Cent' Liquor Biz Eyes Ex-Boss's Conn. Home For $7M Debt

    Famed rapper Curtis '50 Cent' Jackson's liquor company asked a Connecticut bankruptcy court to let the business enforce its lien on its former brand manager Mitchell Green's $1 million home in Westport to help satisfy a $7 million fraud judgment, arguing that the lien will not disrupt Green's Chapter 7 proceedings.

  • May 19, 2025

    CFTC Should Pay $3M Atty Fees After Sanctions, Firm Says

    A foreign exchange firm that won dismissal of a U.S. Commodity Futures Exchange Commission case after a New Jersey federal judge sanctioned the agency for bad faith behavior now says the CFTC should have to pay nearly $3 million for failing to own up to its mistake sooner.

Expert Analysis

  • New Anti-Corruption Task Force Bolsters Int'l Collaboration

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    The recent creation of an anti-corruption task force by the U.K., France and Switzerland demonstrates a commitment to tackling bribery within national and international frameworks, and organizations within these jurisdictions’ remit, including U.S. companies operating in Europe, should review their compliance practices to ensure they address diverging requirements, say lawyers at Skadden.

  • 10 Soft Skills Every GC Should Master

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    As businesses face shifting regulatory and technological uncertainty, general counsel will need to strengthen certain soft skills to succeed, from admitting when they make a mistake to maintaining a healthy dose of dispassion, says Douglas Brown at Manatt.

  • Reviving A Dormant Criminal Statute In Antitrust Prosecution

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    The U.S. Department of Justice is poised to revive a dormant misdemeanor statute to resolve bid-rigging charges against a foreign national, providing important context to a recent effort to entice foreign defendants to take responsibility for pending charges or face the risk of extradition, say attorneys at Axinn.

  • An Unrestrained, Bright-Eyed View Of Legal AI's Future

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    Todd Itami at Covington offers a bright-eyed, laughing-all-the-way, skydive look at what the legal industry could look like after an artificial intelligence revolution, which he believes may happen much sooner and more dramatically than we expect.

  • Tracking The Evolution In Litigation Finance

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    Despite continued innovation, litigation finance remains an immature market with borrowers recieving significantly different terms as lenders learn to value cases, which firms need a strong handle on to ensure lending terms do not overwhelm collateral value, says Robert Wilkins at Lightfoot Franklin.

  • Assessing Market Manipulation Claims In Energy Markets

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    Today's energy markets are conducive to sudden price changes, breakdowns in pricing linkages and substantial shifts in trading patterns, so it's necessary to take a holistic view when evaluating allegations of market manipulation, say Maximilian Bredendiek, Greg Leonard and Manuel Vasconcelos at Cornerstone Research.

  • How Calif., NY Could Fill Consumer Finance Regulatory Void

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    California and New York have historically taken the lead in consumer financial protection, and both show signs of becoming even more active in this area during the second Trump administration amid an enforcement pullback at the federal level, say attorneys at Sidley.

  • Series

    Volunteer Firefighting Makes Me A Better Lawyer

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    While practicing corporate law and firefighting may appear incongruous, the latter benefits my legal career by reminding me of the importance of humility, perspective and education, says Nicholas Passaro at Ford.

  • Limit On SEC Enforcement Authority May Mean Fewer Actions

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    Following a recent U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission final rule revoking the Enforcement Division director's long-standing authority to issue formal investigation orders, it's clear the division is headed for a new era of limited autonomy, marked by a significantly slower pace of SEC investigations, say attorneys at Ballard Spahr.

  • Calif. May Pick Up The Slack On Foreign Bribery Enforcement

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    The California attorney general recently expressed an interest in targeting foreign bribery amid a federal pause in Foreign Corrupt Practices Act enforcement, so companies should calibrate their compliance programs to mitigate against changing risks, especially as other states could follow California’s lead, say attorneys at Gibson Dunn.

  • E-Discovery Quarterly: The Perils Of Digital Data Protocols

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    Though stipulated protocols governing the treatment of electronically stored information in litigation are meant to streamline discovery, recent disputes demonstrate that certain missteps in the process can lead to significant inefficiencies, say attorneys at Sidley.

  • Defense Strategies After Justices' Personal Injury RICO Ruling

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    In Medical Marijuana v. Horn, the U.S. Supreme Court recently held that the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act can be invoked by some plaintiffs with claims arising from personal injuries — but defense counsel can use the limitations on civil RICO claims to seek early dismissal in such cases, say attorneys at Debevoise.

  • Opinion

    Ripple Settlement Offers Hope For Better Regulatory Future

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    The recent settlement between the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and Ripple — in which the agency agreed to return $75 million of a $125 million fine — vindicates criticisms of the SEC and highlights the urgent need for a complete overhaul of its crypto regulation, says J.W. Verret at George Mason University.

  • Series

    Law School's Missed Lessons: Preparing For Corporate Work

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    Law school often doesn't cover the business strategy, financial fluency and negotiation skills needed for a successful corporate or transactional law practice, but there are practical ways to gain relevant experience and achieve the mindset shifts critical to a thriving career in this space, says Dakota Forsyth at Olshan Frome.

  • Opinion

    Federal Limits On Counter-Drone Options Need Updating

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    As malicious actors swiftly and creatively adapt drone technology for nefarious ends, federal legislation is needed to expand the authority of state and local governments, as well as private businesses and individuals, to take steps against such threats, says Carter Lee at Woods Rogers.

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