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December 13, 2024
Combs Gives Up Bail Fight Ahead Of Sex-Trafficking Trial
Embattled music mogul Sean "Diddy" Combs abandoned his final avenue for pursuing bail amid racketeering and sex-trafficking charges Friday, agreeing to remain jailed through his scheduled May 2025 trial in New York federal court.
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December 13, 2024
YSL Defendant Sues Sheriff Over Fulton Co. Jail Conditions
One of the defendants in the recently wrapped Young Slime Life racketeering and gang trial is now leading a class action against Fulton County Sheriff Pat Labat and the county's chief jailer John Jackson over allegations that the two allowed unconstitutional conditions at the jail that violated detainees' Eighth and 14th amendment rights.
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December 13, 2024
NHTSA Publishes Whistleblower Program Final Rule
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration finalized its whistleblower program, which could award as much as 30% of monetary sanctions to a worker of an auto manufacturer who calls out bad behavior.
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December 13, 2024
Ex-Harlem Globetrotter Gets 7 Years For COVID Funds Scheme
A former player for the Harlem Globetrotters was sentenced to seven years in prison and ordered to pay $3 million in restitution by a North Carolina federal judge for his role in a fraudulent Paycheck Protection Act scam during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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December 13, 2024
Triliance To Forfeit $12M Over Illicit Petroleum Sales, US Says
Triliance Petrochemical Co. Ltd., known to have links to terrorist groups, was ordered to forfeit nearly $12 million by a District of Columbia federal court last month for violating sanctions over the illicit sales of Iranian petroleum products using the U.S. financial system, the U.S. Attorney's Office said Thursday.
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December 13, 2024
Biden Commutes Sentence For Ex-Ohio Dem Party Boss
A former Ohio Democratic Party boss serving a federal prison sentence of more than two decades for corruption-related crimes is among the 1,499 people whose sentences were recently commuted by President Joe Biden.
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December 13, 2024
Immigration Board Won't Halt Removal In $4M Criminal Case
The Board of Immigration Appeals on Friday rejected a Dominican man's attempt to halt his removal from the country after he was convicted of conspiracy to commit money laundering, saying the nearly $4 million laundered renders the conviction an aggravated felony.
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December 13, 2024
Feds Narrow Drug Case Against Wife Of Convicted Drexel Prof
Prosecutors have told a New Jersey federal judge that they would drop one of three drug distribution charges against the wife of a convicted former Drexel University professor, saying their evidence might not establish intent after the U.S. Supreme Court raised the burden of proof for such cases in 2022.
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December 13, 2024
Philly Atty Gets Harsher Discipline In NJ For Pill Mill Conviction
The New Jersey Supreme Court has suspended an attorney for three years following his conviction for filling fraudulent opioid prescriptions in his side job as a part-time pharmacist, according to a recently filed order.
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December 13, 2024
Menendez, 2 Co-Defendants Lose Bids For New Bribery Trial
A Manhattan federal judge on Friday rejected bids by former Sen. Bob Menendez and two co-defendants for a new trial, ruling there is no manifest injustice after the ex-senator argued the government failed to offer any evidence of how he used his office's power to benefit any of the alleged bribe givers.
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December 13, 2024
Trump Rips DA's 'Dark Dream' To Legally Treat Him As Dead
Donald Trump's attorneys Friday slammed a proposal by the Manhattan district attorney to preserve the president-elect's hush money conviction by treating him like a defendant who dies after a verdict, pushing the judge to dismiss the case altogether.
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December 13, 2024
Contractor Loses Bail For Texting Alleged Tax Cheat Allies
A District of Columbia federal judge revoked bail for a former defense contractor accused of running a $350 million tax-evasion scheme that prosecutors call one of the largest in U.S. history, after the government said he'd been texting his alleged co-conspirators.
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December 13, 2024
McKinsey To Pay $650M For Work With Opioid Maker Purdue
Consulting giant McKinsey & Co. will pay $650 million to resolve charges related to its work helping Purdue Pharma market and boost sales of OxyContin, federal prosecutors announced Friday.
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December 12, 2024
Diddy Hit With 3 New Sexual Assault Suits In NY
Three men Thursday filed new suits against Sean "Diddy" Combs, each claiming that the hip-hop mogul got them drunk, drugged them and raped them in recent years, according to complaints filed in New York County Supreme Court.
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December 12, 2024
North Koreans Infiltrated US IT Jobs In $88M Scheme, Feds Say
Fourteen North Koreans have been indicted in Missouri federal court on charges related to a long-running scheme to obtain remote information technology jobs at U.S. companies and nonprofit organizations, raking in at least $88 million for the regime, the U.S. Department of Justice announced Thursday.
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December 12, 2024
'Housewives' Figure Touts Social Media Posts In Leniency Bid
Former "Real Housewives of Atlanta" cast member Peter Anthony Thomas asked a North Carolina federal judge on Thursday to give him a prison sentence below federal guidelines for not paying $2.5 million in employment taxes, stating he has used his public platform to encourage his followers to pay their own taxes.
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December 12, 2024
DOJ Seizes Rydox Cybercrime Site, Charges Administrators
A Pennsylvania federal judge on Thursday unsealed an indictment charging two Kosovo citizens who ran the illicit website Rydox with multiple criminal counts after the U.S. government seized the website, which has been used by cybercriminals to buy and sell thousands of Americans' personal information and dating profiles.
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December 12, 2024
Pawnbroker Pleads Guilty To Bribing Ex-Newark Deputy Mayor
A Garden State pawnbroker and jeweler admitted in New Jersey federal court Thursday that he took part in a bribery scheme to influence a former Newark official regarding the acquisition and redevelopment of city-owned properties.
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December 12, 2024
Bitcoin Investor Gets 2 Years For Tax Fraud In Landmark Case
An investor who concealed millions of dollars he earned in bitcoin and became the first person criminally charged for failing to report gains from the sale of cryptocurrency by filing false returns was sentenced to two years in federal prison Thursday.
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December 12, 2024
AT&T Exec Can't Get Bribery Acquittal After Jury Deadlocks
An Illinois federal judge on Thursday denied a former AT&T executive's bid for acquittal on charges he bribed ex-Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan after his case resulted in a hung jury earlier this year, saying the government presented sufficient evidence of a quid pro quo.
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December 12, 2024
TD Bank Sued Over AML Controls After Ex-Employee's Arrest
Toronto-Dominion Bank and its top brass concealed and downplayed issues with the bank's anti-money laundering controls, according to a class action filed one day after a former employee was arrested and charged with assisting in a money laundering scheme that sent millions of dollars in narcotics proceeds from the U.S. to Colombia.
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December 12, 2024
Wash. Man Gets 41 Months For Gamer-Duping Crypto Scam
A Washington federal judge has sentenced a Spokane man to 41 months in prison for running a crypto scheme in which he allegedly induced victims he met online, including users of dating apps and "Call of Duty" players, and via hailed rides to sink over $350,000 into a phony crypto investment fund.
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December 12, 2024
Judge Troubled By Conduct Of Pot Farmer And State Officials
A federal judge said this week that he's concerned by the "tone and tenor" that both a medical marijuana cultivator and Oklahoma law enforcement officials have taken in a case involving millions of dollars' worth of farm equipment destroyed during an erroneous raid, saying he's going to be looking closely at the conduct of all parties.
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December 12, 2024
2 Deny Joining Would-Be Trump Assassin To Target Journalist
Two New York City men on Thursday denied participating in a plot to kill a noted journalist and Iran critic, pleading not guilty to murder-for-hire charges that claim they worked for a foreign agent who also is tasked with targeting Donald Trump.
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December 12, 2024
Trump Vows Immediate Jan. 6 Pardons As DOJ Doubles Down
President-elect Donald J. Trump said he plans to issue swift pardons for people accused or convicted of rioting at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, in an effort to keep him in power, as prosecutors said in one case that accepting such a pardon would amount to an admission of guilt.
Expert Analysis
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Impact Of Corporate Transparency Act Ambiguity On Banks
Even though banks generally needn't file beneficial ownership information reports, financial institutions must continue to monitor the status of the Corporate Transparency Act and understand its requirements in case the nationwide injunction that was issued against the CTA earlier this month is overturned, say attorneys at Armstrong Teasdale.
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A Look At SEC, CFTC's Record Year For Whistleblower Awards
Another banner year shows that the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission have developed the gold standard for whistleblower award programs, but a CFTC funding crisis threatens to derail that program's success, say Andrew Feller and Geoff Schweller at Kohn Kohn.
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What 2024 Trends In Marketing, Comms Hiring Mean For 2025
The state of hiring in legal industry marketing, business development and communications over the past 12 months was marked by a number of trends — from changes in the C-suite to lateral move challenges — providing clues for what’s to come in the year ahead, says Ben Curle at Ambition.
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Expect Continuity In 2025 Anti-Money Laundering Policy
The past year has seen a range of anti-money laundering actions from federal financial regulators, and notwithstanding the imminent change from the Biden administration to the Trump administration, continuity may be more prevalent than change in the AML compliance space in 2025, say attorneys at White & Case.
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5 Notable Anti-Money Laundering Actions From 2024
Regulators' renewed interest in anti-money laundering programs in 2024 led to numerous enforcement actions and individual prosecutions in industries like banking, cryptocurrency and gaming, including the blockbuster TD Bank settlement and investigations of casinos in Nevada, says Michael Beckwith at Dickinson Wright.
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How Attorneys Can Master The Art Of Eye Contact At Trial
As a growing body of research confirms that eye contact facilitates communication and influences others, attorneys should follow a few pointers to maximize the power of eye contact during voir dire, witness preparation, direct examination and cross-examination, says trial consultant Noelle Nelson.
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Series
Group Running Makes Me A Better Lawyer
The combination of physical fitness and community connection derived from running with a group of business leaders has, among other things, helped me to stay grounded, improve my communication skills, and develop a deeper empathy for clients and colleagues, says Jessica Shpall Rosen at Greenwald Doherty.
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How White Collar Defense Attys Can Use Summary Witnesses
Few criminal defense attorneys have successfully utilized summary witnesses in the past, but several recent success stories show that it can be a worthwhile trial tactic to help juries understand the complex decision-making at issue, says Jonathan Porter at Husch Blackwell.
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Opinion
6 Changes I Would Make If I Ran A Law School
Reuben Guttman at Guttman Buschner identifies several key issues plaguing law schools and discusses potential solutions, such as opting out of the rankings game and mandating courses in basic writing skills.
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The Current State Of Play Around Corporate Transparency Act
Although a Texas court preliminarily enjoined enforcement of the Corporate Transparency Act and paused an impending Dec. 31 reporting deadline, multiple states have similar requirements, so companies should continue to monitor compliance obligations regardless of the CTA's constitutionality, say attorneys at Simpson Thacher.
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How White Collar Attys Can Use Mythic Archetypes At Trial
A careful reading of a classic screenwriting guide shows that fairy tales and white collar trials actually have a lot in common, and defense attorneys would do well to tell a hero’s journey at trial, relying on universal character archetypes to connect with the jury, says Jack Sharman at Lightfoot Franklin.
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Firms Still Have The Edge In Lateral Hiring, But Buyer Beware
Partner mobility data suggests that the third quarter of this year continued to be a buyer’s market, with the average candidate demanding less compensation for a larger book of business — but moving into the fourth quarter, firms should slow down their hiring process to minimize risks, say officers at Decipher Investigative Intelligence.
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Teaching Your Witness To Beat The Freeze/Appease Response
In addition to fight-or-flight, witnesses may experience the freeze/appease response at trial or deposition — where they become a deer in headlights, agreeing with opposing counsel’s questions and damaging their credibility in the process — but certain strategies can help, says Bill Kanasky at Courtroom Sciences.
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Think Like A Lawyer: 1 Type Of Case Complexity Stands Out
In contrast to some cases that appear complex due to voluminous evidence or esoteric subject matter, a different kind of complexity involves tangled legal and factual questions, each with a range of possible outcomes, which require a “sliding scale” approach instead of syllogistic reasoning, says Luke Andrews at Poole Huffman.
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Immigration Atty Tips For Avoiding Prosecution Under Trump
Under the incoming Trump administration, immigration attorneys may need to protect themselves from prosecution when advising clients who may not qualify for relief sought by choosing their words carefully and keeping other key factors in mind, says Michele Carney at Carney & Marchi.