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June 11, 2025
11th Circ. Won't Void $2.2M Order Against Par Funding Adviser
The Eleventh Circuit has affirmed a district court's ruling ordering a South Florida financial adviser accused of funneling investors into the $500 million Par Funding fraud scheme to pay nearly $2.2 million to the U.S. Securites and Exchange Commission, saying that the "ample evidence" of his violations shows his liability and warrants the fine.
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June 11, 2025
DOJ's Focus On Cartels Raises Compliance Risks For US Cos.
U.S. corporations with business interests south of the border are increasingly worried about exposure to terrorism-related criminal charges under the Trump administration for inadvertently working with cartels linked to major business sectors throughout Mexico, from energy and manufacturing to financial services, compliance experts tell Law360.
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June 11, 2025
Ex-Judges Urge High Court To Protect Right To Counsel
A group of six high-profile retired judges urged the Supreme Court to protect criminal defendants' right to consult with counsel during overnight trial recesses, saying a current "patchwork" of practices in this area is bad for judges as well as defendants.
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June 11, 2025
DOJ Says Newsom Can't Ask Court To Halt Guard Deployment
The Trump administration is telling a California federal judge its decision to federalize the National Guard is unreviewable in court, calling California Gov. Gavin Newsom's effort to stop the takeover "a crass political stunt" in a new filing Wednesday.
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June 11, 2025
DC Attys Say They Had Small Role In 2020 Mich. Election Suit
A pair of Washington, D.C., attorneys on Wednesday urged a disciplinary panel to dismiss ethics claims against them, telling the panel that they had no control over the filing of a complaint challenging the 2020 presidential election results that was later found to be frivolous.
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June 11, 2025
Ga. Hospice Provider Pays $9.2M To End Kickback Case
A Georgia hospice care provider and its CEO forked over $9.2 million to settle claims that they violated federal fraud laws by participating in a kickback scheme with medical directors who referred hospice patients to the group, prosecutors announced Wedesnday.
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June 11, 2025
2nd Circ. Rules Girlfriend's Phone Search Didn't Violate Rights
The Second Circuit on Wednesday upheld the conviction of a New York man on charges over the receipt and possession of child sexual abuse material, rejecting claims that his Fourth Amendment rights were violated when his girlfriend unlocked his phone, found illicit images and showed them to a police officer.Â
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June 11, 2025
Queens Defenders Ex-Director Charged With Embezzling
A former executive director of Queens Defenders and her husband are charged with embezzling $60,000 from the organization and spending it on personal expenses including rent for a penthouse apartment, luxury goods, vacations and teeth-whitening procedures, prosecutors say in an indictment unsealed Wednesday in New York federal court.
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June 11, 2025
1st Circ. Won't Rethink Split Ruling On Atty's Stock Scheme
A First Circuit panel won't rethink its 2-1 decision that the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission could keep its pretrial win against a Connecticut attorney who sold unregistered penny stocks, according to an order from the appellate court.
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June 11, 2025
Trump Presses 2nd Circ. To Federalize Hush Money Appeal
Counsel for President Donald Trump on Wednesday urged the Second Circuit to take over the appeal of his New York state hush money conviction post-trial, saying a federal judge in Manhattan wrongly denied removal, and the landscape has now changed in light of the U.S. Supreme Court's landmark presidential immunity decision.
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June 11, 2025
Trump Pick For IRS Chief Clears Key Senate Hurdle
President Donald Trump's nominee to serve as commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service survived a key procedural vote Wednesday in the Senate, setting the stage for the chamber to proceed with a final vote on his confirmation.
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June 11, 2025
Oklahoma Pot Agency Wants Claims Tossed In Retaliation Suit
The Oklahoma Medical Marijuana Authority is urging a federal court to throw out Title VII and Age Discrimination in Employment Act claims in a suit by a former contract monitor who alleges she was fired for whistleblowing.
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June 11, 2025
Weinstein Convicted Of 1 Charge In Mixed, Partial Verdict
A Manhattan state court jury on Wednesday convicted movie mogul Harvey Weinstein of sexually assaulting a production assistant, acquitted him of assaulting a former model and indicated it had so far failed to reach a verdict on a charge alleging he raped an actress.
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June 10, 2025
Tech Recruiter Settles DOJ Claims It Favored Visa Workers
A San Francisco Bay Area-based technology recruiting company agreed Tuesday to pay civil penalties and change its recruiting practices to resolve allegations it illegally preferred H-1B visa holders over U.S. workers, marking the government's renewed push under the Trump administration to enforce the Immigration and Nationality Act against companies favoring foreign workers.
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June 10, 2025
Judiciary Panel Advances New Rules On Amici, AI, Subpoenas
The federal judiciary's top policy panel Tuesday propelled revamped rules regarding numerous hot legal topics, including artificial intelligence, "dark money" groups bankrolling amicus briefs and the subpoena powers of courts and defense counsel.
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June 10, 2025
NJ Rep. LaMonica McIver Indicted Over ICE Facility Incident
U.S. Rep. LaMonica McIver has been charged with forcibly impeding and interfering with federal officers during her inspection of a Newark, New Jersey, immigration detention facility last month, the U.S. Department of Justice announced Tuesday.
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June 10, 2025
Feds Reboot FCPA Agenda With Narrower Enforcement Focus
The U.S. Department of Justice on Tuesday released new and tightened guidelines for enforcement of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act after a four-month pause on such prosecutions, centering prospective investigations on situations that affect U.S. competitiveness and national security as well as transnational cartels.
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June 10, 2025
9th Circ. Says Legal Co.'s $1.7M Chase Check Suit Is Too Late
The Ninth Circuit affirmed a California federal court's ruling dismissing a suit by legal support company Nationwide Legal against JPMorgan Chase, saying its suit claiming Chase Bank acted negligently when it allowed a Nationwide Legal employee to deposit fraudulent checks was time-barred.
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June 10, 2025
Florida Man Avoids Prison Over Ashley Biden's Stolen Diary
A Florida resident who admitted that he and an associate sold the stolen diary of former President Joe Biden's daughter to right-wing activist group Project Veritas was spared any time in prison, as a Manhattan federal judge on Tuesday determined that his cooperation with prosecutors weighed heavily in his favor.
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June 10, 2025
Trump's CFTC Pick Won't Push To Fill Leadership Vacancies
President Donald Trump's pick to lead the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission told senators Tuesday that the financial regulator would likely need to beef up its staff should Congress grant it more authority over the cryptocurrency industry, but he would not commit to pushing the president to fill vacancies at the top of the agency.
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June 10, 2025
US Judge Tells Some Agents To Disarm In Connecticut Courts
Connecticut's chief federal judge issued a standing order Monday updating the weapons policy for the state's federal courthouses, including limiting some law enforcement officers' ability to carry weapons in certain areas without permission, a step he took not long after banning most arrests and detentions in the courthouses.
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June 10, 2025
Guo Trustee Eyes Litigation As Clawbacks Stall In Mediation
The Chapter 11 trustee handling Chinese exile Miles Guo's $374 million Connecticut bankruptcy estate on Tuesday previewed a forthcoming request to terminate clawback mediations and move those proceedings into litigation, saying several defendants have used alternative dispute resolution to stall, rather than settle, his claims.
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June 10, 2025
GM To Drop 'Cockamamie' Fiat Foreign Account Claims
A Michigan judge indicated Tuesday that he would let General Motors withdraw allegations that Fiat Chrysler held foreign bank accounts in a union bribery scheme suit, and said he'd leave the determination of whether the automaker should be sanctioned for not sharing its evidence supporting those claims for another day.Â
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June 10, 2025
LA Real Estate Agent Admits Obstructing IRS
A Los Angeles commercial real estate broker pled guilty to obstructing the Internal Revenue Service's attempts to collect thousands of dollars in unpaid taxes by willfully hiding his income and assets from the agency, the U.S. Department of Justice announced Tuesday.
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June 10, 2025
Apple Faces Class Cert. Bid Over AirTag Stalking Risks
Victims stalked by abusers of Apple's AirTag asked a California federal judge to certify their proposed class action, arguing their negligence and product liability claims can be adjudicated in one fell-swoop since they rest on the same question of whether the tag's design unreasonably put them at risk of harm.
Expert Analysis
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Managing Anti-Corporate Juror Views Revealed By CEO Killing
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.
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Terraform Case May Be Bellwether For Crypto Enforcement
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.
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What's Next For Russia Sanctions After Task Force Disbanded
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.
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How Law Firms Can Counteract The Loneliness Epidemic
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.
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What Remedies Under New Admin's SEC Could Look Like
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.
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Texas Fraud Case Shows Dangers Of Faulty Crypto Reporting
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.
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5 Keys To Building Stronger Attorney-Client Relationships
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.
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Suggestions For CFTC Enforcement's New Leadership
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.
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What SDNY Judge Can And Can't Do In Adams Case
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.
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Drug Kickback Ruling Will Make FCA Liability Harder To Prove
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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Assessing PE Risk After Mass. False Claims Act Amendments
A law recently passed in Massachusetts amends the commonwealth's False Claims Act by dramatically expanding potential liability for private equity firms and investors, underscoring the importance of robust diligence and risk assessments for private equity firms conducting transactions in the commonwealth, say attorneys at Gibson Dunn.
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A Path Forward For Cos. Amid Trump's Anti-DEIA Efforts
Given the Trump administration’s recent efforts targeting corporate diversity, equity, inclusion and accessibility programs — including threatening possible criminal prosecution — companies should carefully tailor their DEIA initiatives to comply with both the letter and the spirit of antidiscrimination law, say attorneys at Pillsbury.
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The Current And Future State Of Bank-Fintech Partnerships
Though the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau under President Donald Trump seems likely to cultivate an environment friendlier to the financial services industry, bank-fintech partnerships should stay devoted to proactive compliance and be ready to adapt to regulatory shifts that may intensify scrutiny from enforcers, say attorneys at Greenberg Traurig.
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Evidence Rule May Expand Use Of Out-Of-Court Statements
A proposed amendment to Federal Rule of Evidence 801(d)(1)(A) would broaden the definition of nonhearsay, reflects a more pragmatic approach to regulating the admissibility of out-of-court statements by declarant-witnesses, and could help level the playing field between prosecutors and criminal defendants, say attorneys at Hangley Aronchick.
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Racing Corvettes Makes Me A Better Lawyer
The skills I use when racing Corvettes have enhanced my legal practice in several ways, because driving, like practicing law, requires precision, awareness and a good set of brakes — complete with the wisdom to know how and when to use them, says Kat Mateo at Olshan Frome.