White Collar

  • April 22, 2025

    FTX Ch. 11 Trust Says Ex-Exec's Wife Spent $600K Since Dec.

    The FTX Recovery Trust urged a Delaware bankruptcy judge to enjoin the wife of former FTX executive Ryan Salame from spending additional money that the trust said was fraudulently taken from the company before its bankruptcy filing, saying Michelle Bond has spent more than $600,000 since mid-December on legal fees, luxury vacations and credit card bills.

  • April 22, 2025

    4th Circ. Rejects Full Court Review Of Credit Union's Liability

    The Fourth Circuit has declined to take a second look at a panel decision finding a credit union cannot be held liable for a scammer's use of its services to swindle a metal fabricator out of $560,000.

  • April 22, 2025

    Real Estate Investor Cops To $19M Loan Fraud

    A Massachusetts real estate investor pled guilty Tuesday to defrauding multiple lenders of more than $19 million by submitting forged leases and rent rolls in support of $60 million worth of loan applications, federal prosecutors said.

  • April 22, 2025

    Santos, Attys Say Social Media Posts Don't Negate Remorse

    George Santos and his attorneys wrote to a Brooklyn federal judge saying the former Congressman's posts on social media claiming to be a victim of government persecution don't negate the remorse he feels for stealing from campaign donors and inflating fundraising numbers.

  • April 22, 2025

    Jay Clayton Sworn In As Interim US Atty For SDNY

    Jay Clayton, President Donald Trump's pick to lead the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York, was sworn in Tuesday as the top federal prosecutor in Manhattan on an interim basis while he awaits confirmation from the Senate.

  • April 22, 2025

    Chase Bank Can't Ditch Claims It Aided $119M Ponzi Scam

    A California federal judge trimmed on Monday SiliconSage Builders LLC receiver's lawsuit accusing JPMorgan Chase of allegedly helping the now-defunct real estate developer carry out a massive $119 million Ponzi scheme, tossing an unjust enrichment claim, but allowing the bulk of the aiding-and-abetting allegations to survive.

  • April 22, 2025

    NJ AG Pushes To Revive RICO Case Against Power Broker

    New Jersey urged a state appellate court to revive its sprawling racketeering indictment against Garden State power broker George E. Norcross III, politically connected attorneys and others, arguing that the trial court undertook a review that doesn't exist in criminal practice.

  • April 22, 2025

    Pharma Co. Owner Cops To Selling $60M Of Sham HIV Drugs

    An owner of a pharmaceutical company has pled guilty in Florida to participating in a $60 million nationwide scheme to illegally distribute misbranded and adulterated HIV drugs to patients.

  • April 22, 2025

    Hemp Group Drops DEA From Suit Over Police Raid, Arrest

    A hemp trade group and the owner of a smoke shop are dropping claims against the U.S. government and U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration from a suit alleging law enforcement wrongfully raided the shop.

  • April 21, 2025

    Mexican Banks Escalate Discovery Fight With Sanctions Bid

    A Mexican bank and its affiliates have asked a Texas federal judge to sanction a businessman and his attorneys in a fraud case, saying they have deliberately obstructed court-ordered discovery in litigation accusing him of diverting and concealing corporate assets.

  • April 21, 2025

    Binance Crypto Suit Sent To Florida To Avoid Duplication

    A Washington federal judge on Monday transferred to Florida a proposed class action over Binance's alleged role in laundering stolen cryptocurrency, finding that the case heavily overlapped with a lawsuit filed earlier in the Sunshine State that was sent to arbitration.

  • April 21, 2025

    NJ Investment Firm Accused Of Aiding Alleged $300M Ponzi

    A New Jersey investment adviser has been hit with a proposed class action claiming the company helped recruit marks for what the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has called a $300 million Ponzi scheme, making it at least the second company to be sued for its alleged connections to the fraud operation.

  • April 21, 2025

    Trump Media Exec Seeks Penalties In 'Frivolous' Hacking Suit

    A board director for President Donald Trump's social media company and his associate urged a Florida federal court to impose sanctions in a "frivolous" lawsuit alleging they hacked a cloud server to steal documents used to oust the former CEO, saying their accusers can't show what information was allegedly taken.

  • April 21, 2025

    'Corrupt' Ill. Sen. Took Bribes, Jury Told As Trial Wraps

    An Illinois state senator accused of agreeing to take personal benefits in exchange for helping a red-light camera company should be convicted of bribery because it's clear he illegally put his political position up for sale in 2019, prosecutors told a federal jury on Monday.

  • April 21, 2025

    Asset Manager Admits Stealing $3M From Real Estate Cos.

    A Connecticut asset manager who helped clients buy and manage real estate portfolios has pled guilty to stealing nearly $3 million from entities in five states to fund his day trading endeavors, federal prosecutors announced Monday.

  • April 21, 2025

    Sun Pharma Accuses Drugstores Of $10M Refund Scheme

    Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Inc. told a New Jersey federal court that a group of pharmacies and their operators engaged in a criminal, years-long racketeering scheme that resulted in it paying more than $10 million in refunds for short-dated pharmaceutical products.

  • April 21, 2025

    Imprisoned Ex-Pharma Exec Must Pay SEC $1.8M

    The former leader of a pharmaceutical company currently serving a 20-month sentence for using a fake name to get around a U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission ban has been ordered to cough up $1.8 million within 90 days of his release or be ready to explain why he cannot.

  • April 21, 2025

    DOJ Defends Wage-Fixing Jury Win From Mistrial Bid

    The U.S. Department of Justice is defending a key wage-fixing and fraud conviction of a Nevada nursing executive, hitting back at the executive's claims that it used privileged documents and communications to sway the jury during the three-week trial.

  • April 21, 2025

    Pa. Judge Facing Fraud Charges Gets Filing Delay

    A Pennsylvania county judge indicted on charges that he misused unemployment relief funds to pay his law firm's employees during the pandemic succeeded Monday in having filing deadlines in his prosecution pushed back for more time to review discovery. 

  • April 21, 2025

    Former Ohio Atty Gets Prison Over Unpaid Payroll Taxes

    A former Ohio attorney who admitted that he failed to pay $750,000 in payroll taxes while managing his wife's dental practice has been sentenced to six months in prison after telling a federal judge that he did not intend to steal from the government, according to an order signed Monday.

  • April 21, 2025

    Advocacy Group Sues DOJ For Docs On Acting DC US Atty

    Advocacy group Democracy Forward sued the U.S. Department of Justice on Monday seeking information about Ed Martin, the acting top federal prosecutor in D.C., whose nomination to fill the role permanently is facing pushback in Congress.

  • April 21, 2025

    Wife Of Ex-Sen. Menendez Convicted On Corruption Charges

    A Manhattan federal jury on Monday found Nadine Menendez guilty of aiding in her husband Bob Menendez's corruption by facilitating bribe payments, including a Mercedes-Benz and gold bars, from New Jersey businessmen to the convicted former U.S. senator.

  • April 21, 2025

    Justices Sympathetic To Inmate Who 'Messed Up' Appeal

    The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday seemed dubious of a Fourth Circuit ruling refusing an inmate's appeal on procedural timing grounds, as the justices weighed a case that will likely disproportionately affect pro se litigants.

  • April 21, 2025

    Eateries Owner Gets 3 Years For Tax, COVID Fraud

    A restaurant owner who committed tax crimes and illegally collected more than $1.7 million in pandemic relief money was sentenced to more than three years in prison by a California federal judge, a fraction of the sentence urged by prosecutors who pointed to millions in cash hidden in his bedroom.

  • April 21, 2025

    Former Florida US Atty Returns To Pillsbury In Miami

    A recent U.S. attorney for the Southern District of Florida returned to his former firm, Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP, to continue his work as a partner in its Miami office.

Expert Analysis

  • New Fla. Financial Abuse Law May See Limited Buy-In

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    Florida's newly effective financial protection law comes with compliance burdens and uncertainties that could discourage financial institutions from participating, even though the law aims to shield them from liability for delaying transactions when they suspect exploitation of elderly and vulnerable account holders, say attorneys at Shutts & Bowen.

  • 7 Tips For Associates To Thrive In Hybrid Work Environments

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    As the vast majority of law firms have embraced some type of hybrid work policy, associates should consider a few strategies to get the most out of both their in-person and remote workdays, says James Argionis at Cozen O’Connor.

  • White Collar Archetypes: Wrangling The Shape-Shifter

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    In white collar criminal trials, certain pieces of evidence can shape-shift in the jury’s eyes, presenting both challenges and opportunities for defense counsel, says Jack Sharman at Lightfoot Franklin.

  • Series

    Playing Beach Volleyball Makes Me A Better Lawyer

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    My commitment to beach volleyball has become integral to my performance as an attorney, with the sport continually reminding me that teamwork, perseverance, professionalism and stress management are essential to both undertakings, says Amy Drushal at Trenam.

  • How GSA Lease Clauses May Affect DOGE Terminations

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    The Department of Government Efficiency has begun to cut the U.S. General Services Administration's enormous real estate portfolio, but some standard lease clauses include limits helpful to landlords that may slow progress toward the administration's cost-cutting goals, say attorneys at Pillsbury.

  • Managing Anti-Corporate Juror Views Revealed By CEO Killing

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    After the shooting of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson laid bare deep-seated anti-corporate sentiments among the public, companies in numerous industries will have to navigate the influence of related juror biases on litigation dynamics, say Jorge Monroy and Keith Pounds at IMS Legal Strategies.

  • Terraform Case May Be Bellwether For Crypto Enforcement

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    The prosecution of crypto company Terraform Labs and its CEO, Do Kwon, offers a unique test of the line between lawful and unlawful conduct in digital transactions, and the Trump administration’s posture toward the case will provide clues about its cryptocurrency enforcement agenda in the years to come, say attorneys at Brooks Pierce.

  • What's Next For Russia Sanctions After Task Force Disbanded

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    Attorney General Pam Bondi’s recent disbanding of Task Force KleptoCapture, which was initially aimed at seizing Russian oligarchs’ funds and assets, is unlikely to mean the end of Russia sanctions enforcement and other economic countermeasures, as the architecture for criminal enforcement remains in place, say attorneys at BakerHostetler.

  • How Law Firms Can Counteract The Loneliness Epidemic

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    The legal industry is facing an urgent epidemic of loneliness, affecting lawyer well-being, productivity, retention and profitability, and law firm leaders should take concrete steps to encourage the development of genuine workplace connections, says Michelle Gomez at Littler and Gwen Mellor Romans at Herald Talent.

  • What Remedies Under New Admin's SEC Could Look Like

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    The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission is likely to substantially narrow the remedies it pursues over the next few years, driven by the mounting challenges it faces in court, as well as the views of its incoming chair and fellow Republican commissioners on injunctions, penalties and disgorgement, say attorneys at Milbank.

  • Texas Fraud Case Shows Dangers Of Faulty Crypto Reporting

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    The recent sentencing of a man who failed to properly report capital gains from bitcoin sales is a reminder that special attention must be given to the IRS' reporting requirements in order to stay out of the government's crosshairs, says Saverio Romeo at Fox Rothschild.

  • 5 Keys To Building Stronger Attorney-Client Relationships

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    Attorneys are often focused on being seen as the expert, but bonding with clients and prospects by sharing a few key personal details provides the basis for a caring, trusted and profoundly deeper business relationship, says Deb Feder at Feder Development.

  • Suggestions For CFTC Enforcement's New Leadership

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    The recent change in leadership at the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission presents an opportunity to reflect on past practices and consider opportunities for improvement at the commission's Enforcement Division, including in observing precedent and providing greater enforcement transparency, say attorneys at Clifford Chance.

  • What SDNY Judge Can And Can't Do In Adams Case

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    The federal judge in the Southern District of New York overseeing the criminal case against New York City Mayor Eric Adams deferred making a decision on the government's motion to dismiss the indictment, and while he does have limited authority to deny the motion, that would ultimately be a futile gesture, says Ethan Greenberg at Anderson Kill.

  • Drug Kickback Ruling Will Make FCA Liability Harder To Prove

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    The First Circuit's ruling in U.S. v. Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, requiring the government to prove but-for causation to establish False Claims Act liability based on violations of the Anti-Kickback Statute, raises the bar for FCA enforcement and deepens a circuit split that the U.S. Supreme Court may need to resolve, say attorneys at Baker Donelson.

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