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February 10, 2025
Trump Stops Enforcement Of Foreign Corrupt Practices Act
President Donald Trump signed an executive order Monday that puts a "pause" on enforcement of the federal Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, saying the law against U.S. companies bribing foreign officials to win business in other countries has made American companies less competitive.
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February 10, 2025
DOJ Brass Want Bribery Charges Against NYC Mayor Dropped
The U.S. Department of Justice has moved to drop public corruption charges against New York City Mayor Eric Adams, an extraordinary development in the wake of a public courtship between the embattled mayor and President Donald Trump.
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February 10, 2025
Ala. Sen. Files Bill To Ban THC In Hemp Products
Alabama Republican Sen. Tim Melson has filed a bill that would ban products that contain delta-8, delta-9 and delta-10 — which it identifies as psychoactive substances — from sale in the state.
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February 10, 2025
Megan Thee Stallion's Trial Lies Suit Survives Dismissal Bid
A Florida federal judge has largely kept alive Megan Thee Stallion's lawsuit accusing a social media personality of acting as a paid surrogate of her convicted shooter, fellow rapper Tory Lanez, to spread lies about the trial and for promoting an AI-generated pornographic video that appears to depict her.
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February 10, 2025
Boston Man Not Guilty In Chinese 'Agent' Case
A Boston man was acquitted Monday of federal charges that he acted as an unregistered agent for China by allegedly spying on pro-democracy activities and organizing a group to advocate for the interests of the Chinese government.
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February 10, 2025
Tax-Crime Suspect's Bond Revoked After Additional Charges
A man accused of promoting abusive tax shelters was ordered to prison Monday by a Colorado federal judge who said she believed he may have committed additional crimes in connection with a multimillion-dollar fraudulent investment fund while awaiting trial.
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February 10, 2025
Baltimore Man Charged After Flying Drone Over NFL Game
The federal government has criminally charged a Maryland resident after he allegedly flew a drone over M&T Bank Stadium during the Jan. 11 NFL Wild Card game between the Baltimore Ravens and Pittsburgh Steelers.
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February 10, 2025
Goldstein Rearrested After Feds Say He Hid Millions In Crypto
U.S. Supreme Court lawyer and SCOTUSblog publisher Tom Goldstein was arrested again Monday following his earlier release on criminal tax evasion charges, after prosecutors alleged that he secretly made millions of dollars worth of cryptocurrency transactions in recent days and was a serious risk to flee.
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February 10, 2025
Bannon To Plead Guilty In Border Wall Fraud Case, Avoid Jail
Former Donald Trump adviser Steve Bannon plans to plead guilty as part of a deal with New York state prosecutors to resolve fraud charges connected to fundraising for a U.S. southern border wall, allowing him to avoid any prison time, one of his lawyers said Monday.
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February 07, 2025
Fla. Gov. DeSantis Says State Officers Will Aid ICE Efforts
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis on Friday entered into an agreement with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement that he said empowers the state's Highway Patrol to interrogate certain non-U.S. citizens on their immigration status and execute arrest warrants for immigration violations, among other immigration officer duties.
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February 07, 2025
2nd Circ. Orders In-House Counsel Docs In Grand Jury Case
The Second Circuit on Friday ruled that an in-house attorney for a publicly traded company under federal investigation in New York must turn over communications as part of a grand jury investigation under the crime-fraud exception to attorney-client privilege.
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February 07, 2025
Judiciary Dems Want Ethics Probe Into Musk's DOGE Work
A dozen Democratic lawmakers on Friday pressed the U.S. attorney general and the Office of Government Ethics to look into whether Elon Musk's personal financial interests mean his work as a special government employee violates federal ethics laws.
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February 07, 2025
DC Prosecutor Axed Jan. 6 Case Against Client, Group Says
A legal group filed a bar complaint in Missouri Thursday against President Donald Trump's top prosecutor in Washington, D.C., saying the attorney violated rules of professional conduct when, in his new government role, he moved to dismiss charges related to the U.S. Capitol attack against his own client.
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February 07, 2025
Feds Defend Corporate Transparency Act In 5th And 4th Circuits
The U.S. government defended the Corporate Transparency Act in the Fifth and Fourth Circuits on Friday, urging the former to reverse a Texas federal judge's nationwide injunction on the law and the latter to affirm a Virginia federal judge's rejection of a bid to block the law's enforcement.
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February 07, 2025
Native American Legislative Moves: Land Bill Moves Forward
A bill that would give back a historic site to a Tennessee tribe is moving forward, the U.S. Senate Committee on Indian Affairs has done a leadership role reversal, and a federal lawmaker has his sights set on boosting the Alaskan Native Settlement Trust Eligibility Act. Here, Law360 looks at the most recent major legislative efforts that affect Indian Country.
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February 07, 2025
Judge OKs $2.7M In Atty Fees From $23M FBI Sex Bias Deal
A D.C. federal judge on Friday approved $2.7 million in fees for attorneys representing a class of women accusing the Federal Bureau of Investigation of holding them to sexist double standards, part of a $22.6 million settlement resolving the lawsuit.
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February 07, 2025
Ariz. Immigration Enforcers Charge 565 Since Inauguration
The U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Arizona said Friday that it has charged 565 people with "immigration-related crimes" in the two weeks since President Donald Trump took office.
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February 07, 2025
Ex-Mass. State Sen. Gets 18 Months For Pandemic, Tax Fraud
A former Massachusetts state senator was sentenced to 18 months in prison Friday after being convicted of fraudulently collecting pandemic unemployment benefits and failing to report consulting income he was also earning at the time on his tax returns.
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February 07, 2025
Customs Broker Pleads Guilty To Wire Fraud, Tax Evasion
A customs broker pled guilty Friday in California federal court to evading $1.5 million in taxes and overcharging clients about $5.4 million in import duty fees as part of a plea agreement he reached with the U.S. Department of Justice.
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February 07, 2025
Ex-Aide To Eric Adams To Admit Campaign Fraud Scheme
A former aide to New York City Mayor Eric Adams intends to plead guilty to a charge that he took part in a scheme to collect illegal straw campaign contributions, prosecutors said Friday.
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February 07, 2025
Off The Bench: Trump Bans Trans Athletes, NCAA Falls In Line
In this week's Off The Bench, the NCAA changes course to accommodate a presidential ban on transgender women athletes, Shohei Ohtani's former interpreter is sentenced for his gambling-driven embezzlement, and women's soccer players get restitution for abuse at the hands of their coaches and teams.
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February 07, 2025
Brother Of Aaron Hernandez Gets Time Served For Threats
The older brother of convicted murderer and deceased former New England Patriots tight end Aaron Hernandez was sentenced to time served by a Connecticut federal judge on Friday, after pleading guilty to threatening a state judge and claiming he would go on a shooting spree at the University of Connecticut.
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February 07, 2025
Womble Bond Adds Foley Hoag White Collar Atty In DC
Womble Bond Dickinson has grown its business litigation practice with the addition of the former co-partner in charge of Foley Hoag LLP's Washington, D.C., office.
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February 07, 2025
UAE Prisoner Subpoenas Ex-Dechert GC Over Torture Claims
A Jordanian lawyer imprisoned in the United Arab Emirates has subpoenaed Dechert's former general counsel in the U.S. over what the law firm's top brass knew of alleged human rights abuses said to have been committed by a former partner.
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February 07, 2025
Prosecutors Urge Ga. Justices To Revive Trump Charges
Prosecutors have called on the Georgia Supreme Court to undo a state appellate decision that affirmed the dismissal of six counts in the state's election interference case against President Donald Trump, former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani and others.
Expert Analysis
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What's Next For Accounting Enforcement After SEC's Big 2024
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission under the Trump administration will likely continue to focus enforcement efforts on many of the same accounting and auditing issues that it pursued over the past year — but other areas, such as ESG, internal controls and cryptocurrency cases, may fall out of focus, say attorneys at Debevoise.
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Mentorship Resolutions For The New Year
Attorneys tend to focus on personal achievements or career milestones when they set yearly goals, but one important area often gets overlooked in this process — mentoring relationships, which are some of the most effective tools for professional growth, say Kelly Galligan at Rutan & Tucker and Andra Greene at Phillips ADR.
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The Most Important Schedule I Drug Regulatory Shifts Of 2024
In 2024, psychedelics and cannabis emerged as focal points in medical research, marking a pivotal year in their legal and regulatory journey, but these developments presented both opportunities and challenges within this evolving field, say Kimberly Chew at Husch Blackwell and Stephen Kim at Avicanna.
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UPS Penalty Demonstrates Goodwill Impairment Red Flags
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's recent $45 million penalty against UPS for withholding reports of goodwill impairment should warn investors to watch for the telltale signs of companies inflating their worth by delaying tests that would reveal similar declines in the value of intangible assets, say attorneys at Labaton Keller.
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Coaching Little League Makes Me A Better Lawyer
While coaching poorly played Little League Baseball early in the morning doesn't sound like a good time, I love it — and the experience has taught me valuable lessons about imperfection, compassion and acceptance that have helped me grow as a person and as a lawyer, says Alex Barnett at DiCello Levitt.
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5 Litigation Funding Trends To Note In 2025
Lawyers and their clients must be prepared to navigate an evolving litigation funding market in 2025, made more complicated by a new administration and the increasing overall cost of litigation, says Jeffery Lula at GLS Capital.
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Despite Political Divide, FEC Found Common Ground In '24
The Federal Election Commission, although evenly split between Republicans and Democrats, reached consensus in consequential advisory opinions, enforcement actions and regulations last year, offering welcome clarity on some key questions facing campaigns, PACs and parties, say attorneys at Covington.
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For Accounting Integrity, Start With The Rank-And-File
Macy's acknowledgment of an employee's accounting mistake underscores a valuable lesson for company leaders in fostering compliance with the Sarbanes-Oxley Act by cultivating a culture committed to strong accounting integrity and robust oversight, say Keerthika Subramanian and Jon Mantis at Winston & Strawn.
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Rethinking Litigation Risk And What It Really Means To Win
Attorneys have a tendency to overestimate litigation risk before summary judgment and underestimate risk after it, but an eight-stage litigation framework can clarify risk at different points and help litigators reassess what true success looks like in any particular case, says Joshua Libling at Arcadia Finance.
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Takeaways From SEC's Registered Investment Cos. Risk Alert
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's Division of Examinations' recent risk alert pertaining to registered investment companies provides a high-level overview of its risk-based approach to selecting RICs for examination — a potential hint that the division is investigating some of the covered topics, say attorneys at Simpson Thacher.
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Public Corruption Enforcement In 2024 Has Clues For 2025
If 2024 activity is any indication, the U.S. Supreme Court will likely continue to rein in expansive prosecutorial theories of fraud in the year to come, but it’s harder to predict what the new administration will mean for public corruption prosecutions in 2025, says Cathy Fleming at Offit Kurman.
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Small Biz Caught In Corporate Transparency Act Crossfire
Despite compliance being put on hold due to a nationwide preliminary injunction, small businesses have been caught in the middle of the legal battle over the Corporate Transparency Act — and confusion over the law's requirements could result in major penalties, say attorneys at Snell & Wilmer.
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Examining DOJ Corporate Whistleblower Pilot's First 100 Days
Though the U.S. Department of Justice’s corporate whistleblower awards pilot program has successfully elicited numerous tips since its August launch, stakeholder feedback leaves questions about how the scheme compares to other whistleblower awards and protections — and how it will fare in the incoming Trump administration, say attorneys at Joseph Greenwald.
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Calif. Justices' Options In Insurance Exhaustion Case
Fox Paine v. Twin City Fire Insurance may serve as the California Supreme Court's opportunity to firmly establish precedent with respect to a strict adherence to excess insurance policies' exhaustion provisions when the language is clear and explicit, says Aiden Spencer at Langsam Stevens.
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Playing Rugby Makes Me A Better Lawyer
My experience playing rugby, including a near-fatal accident, has influenced my legal practice on a professional, organizational and personal level by showing me the importance of maintaining empathy, fostering team empowerment and embracing the art of preparation, says James Gillenwater at Greenberg Traurig.