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August 15, 2025
Madigan Ally Seeks Release Pending Bribery Appeal
A lobbyist for Commonwealth Edison asked an Illinois federal judge to let him remain free on bond while he appeals a jury's finding that he and others conspired to bribe former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan, saying the Seventh Circuit will consider multiple questions of law that could warrant a reversal, new trial or reduced sentence.
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August 15, 2025
New Jersey AG Slams Power Broker's 'Flawed' Appeal Brief
South Jersey power broker George Norcross used a flawed argument in pushing back against New Jersey's effort to revive a dismissed criminal case against him, Attorney General Matthew Platkin has argued in a reply brief filed in state appellate court.
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August 15, 2025
Famed Trial Atty, 'Country Lawyer' Gerry Spence Dies At 96
Gerry Spence, the celebrated "country lawyer" known for his Stetson hats, plainspoken style and high-profile courtroom victories, has died after a singular career that saw him tackle tough cases while preaching a gospel of emotional honesty and vulnerability.
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August 15, 2025
Judge Punts On ProPay Sanctions In TelexFree Suit
A Massachusetts magistrate judge sent a motion for sanctions against ProPay to a district judge for ruling, saying the payment company failed to take steps to preserve electronic documents but the plaintiffs hadn't proven its intent to destroy evidence in a case over its alleged involvement in TelexFree's "hybrid Ponzi-pyramid scheme."
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August 15, 2025
Interim US Atty In NM Named To Acting Role, Sens. Protest
The interim U.S. attorney for the District of New Mexico has been designated acting U.S. attorney — the latest in the Trump administration's efforts to bypass the Senate confirmation process and install the president's picks.
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August 15, 2025
Judge Questions How New Jersey US Atty Ascended To Role
A federal judge tasked with deciding if acting U.S. Attorney Alina Habba was legitimately serving as New Jersey's top federal prosecutor was curious about how she ascended to the role in the first place, suggesting at one point during a hearing Friday that the government proposed a game of "musical chairs" designed to "shoehorn" her into the position.
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August 15, 2025
Exec Snared In Now-Dismissed Eric Adams Case Avoids Jail
A wealthy construction executive who admitted illegally funneling over $12,000 into the 2021 campaign of New York City Mayor Eric Adams avoided prison on Friday at a sentencing that followed the government's decision not to proceed against the mayor himself.
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August 15, 2025
3rd Circ. OKs Notice Rules For New Information In Sentencing
The Third Circuit ruled Thursday that courts must notify defendants when new information is used in sentencing, even as it upheld the sentence of an ex-accountant who pled guilty to wire fraud and claimed his due process rights were violated.
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August 15, 2025
LA Judge Upholds $2M Award In Cannabis Investment Battle
A Los Angeles state court judge upheld a $2.25 million judgment against the manager of a medical marijuana collective accused of defrauding an investor, chastising him for "never even" attempting to bring in key evidence that would allegedly help his case.
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August 15, 2025
UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London
This past week in London has seen Transport for London hit with a procurement claim by the operator of Oyster card, while Mastercard and Visa face claims from the Rocco Forte Hotel Group, and Liverpool Football Club lobbed a claim against a security company.
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August 14, 2025
2nd Circ. Backs Convictions In ATM-Skimming Ploy
The Second Circuit on Thursday affirmed the convictions of two men involved in a major ATM card-skimming ring, but said a district court should clarify one defendant's restitution payment schedule.
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August 14, 2025
2 Face Charges Over $200M Water Vending Machine Fraud
A Washington business executive and a former investment adviser were hit with civil and criminal charges in New York federal court Thursday stemming from an alleged yearslong $200 million Ponzi scheme that hawked investments in nonexistent water vending machines.
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August 14, 2025
DOJ Can Go After $3.4M Linked To Russian Oligarch
A New York federal court has declined to toss a U.S. Department of Justice suit looking to seize $3.4 million from a Wells Fargo account tied to the sale of a California music studio purportedly offloaded to benefit a sanctioned Russian oligarch.
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August 14, 2025
Trump Picks Ex-Scalia, Kavanaugh Clerk For 7th Circ.
President Donald Trump announced on Thursday evening he would be nominating Rebecca Taibleson, an assistant U.S. attorney in Wisconsin, to the Seventh Circuit.
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August 14, 2025
NY Man Owes PNC $27.3M After Kiting Spree, Bank Claims
PNC Bank has sued a New York man and his eight companies, alleging they owe the bank $27.3 million after executing a massive check-kiting scheme against the bank over a recent 12-day period.
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August 14, 2025
NJ Officials Indicted Over Alleged Political Payback Plot
A state grand jury has indicted a current and a former board member of a New Jersey transit agency for their roles in allegedly blocking payments to a contractor as political retribution, New Jersey Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin announced Thursday.
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August 14, 2025
Mich. Mayor Gets 2 Years For $100K Bribery Scheme
A federal judge sentenced a Detroit suburb's former mayor to two years in prison Thursday after he admitted to accepting bribes in exchange for a promise to secure a land deal.
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August 14, 2025
Ponzi Scheme Trial Not Tainted By Video Depo, 7th Circ. Says
A Seventh Circuit panel upheld the conviction and 17-year sentence of an alleged Ponzi schemer, rejecting a "host of challenges," including that he was denied his Sixth Amendment confrontation rights when the government presented a key witness's testimony through a videotaped foreign deposition neither he nor his counsel attended.
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August 14, 2025
Conn. Lab To Pay $1.25M In False Claims Settlement
A Connecticut reference laboratory and its operators have struck a deal with federal and state authorities to settle False Claims Act allegations for more than $1.25 million after they allegedly sought payments for medically unnecessary drug tests, federal prosecutors said.
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August 14, 2025
Ex-Payday Lender CEO Gets 7 Years For $66M Ponzi Scheme
The former CEO of a Miami payday loan company was sentenced Thursday to more than seven years in prison for operating a Ponzi scheme that prosecutors say fraudulently raised $66 million from more than 600 investors.
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August 14, 2025
US Targets Russia-Linked Crypto Exchanges Over Illicit Flows
The Trump administration on Thursday renewed sanctions on Russian cryptocurrency exchange Garantex and moved against its successor, Grinex, accusing the platforms of helping launder illicit transactions and shifting business to dodge earlier penalties.
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August 14, 2025
Fla. Bar Fights Demand For Bondi Ethics Probe
The Florida Bar has again pushed back on a request to investigate U.S. Attorney Pam Bondi for alleged unethical conduct, telling the Supreme Court of Florida that a group of complainants can't bulldoze past its policy of not investigating sitting government officials.
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August 14, 2025
Bipartisan Lawmaker Groups Lambaste Habba's Reappointment
A bipartisan group of current and former members of Congress on Wednesday criticized the Trump administration's appointment of acting New Jersey U.S. Attorney Alina Habba, saying doing it without congressional approval is unconstitutional.
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August 14, 2025
Feds Urge Court Not To Toss Rep. Cuellar's Bribery Case
Allowing U.S. Rep. Henry Cuellar, D-Texas, to escape bribery charges under the Constitution's speech and debate clause would "eviscerate" several precedents set under the provision, prosecutors told a federal judge on Thursday.
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August 14, 2025
Purported Cartier Family Scion Denies Laundering Charges
An Argentinian entrepreneur and professional singer with ties to the family that created jewelry giant Cartier on Thursday denied charges that he helped operate a Colombia cryptocurrency money-laundering network that assisted traffickers in their effort to repatriate $14 million of narcotics proceeds.
Expert Analysis
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CFTC Memos Clarify When 'Sorry' Still Gets You Subpoenaed
A pair of Commodity Futures Trading Commission advisories released in February and April open a new path to self-reporting but emphasize that serious breaches still warrant a trip to the penalty box, prompting firms to weigh whether — and how — to disclose potential violations in the future, say attorneys at Pryor Cashman.
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Cos. Must Assess And Prepare For Cartel-Related FCPA Risks
Given the Trump administration’s strong signaling that it will focus on drug cartels and transnational criminal organizations when it resumes Foreign Corrupt Practices Act enforcement, global businesses should refresh their risk assessments and conduct enhanced due diligence to account for these shifting priorities, say attorneys at Morgan Lewis.
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Reassessing Corporate Separateness After Explosion Of LLCs
Following the dramatic increase of limited liability companies in the U.S., the Corporate Transparency Act's enactment and the Trump administration's subsequent narrowing of that law, it's worth revisiting the underlying legal principles that govern shell companies in order to remedy the problems that initially motivated the CTA, says Jeff Newton at Omni Bridgeway.
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Playing Guitar Makes Me A Better Lawyer
Being a lawyer not only requires logic and hard work, but also belief, emotion, situational awareness and lots of natural energy — playing guitar enhances all of these qualities, increasing my capacity to do my best work, says Kosta Stojilkovic at Wilkinson Stekloff.
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Takeaways From DOJ's Latest FCA Customs Fraud Intervention
The U.S. Department of Justice's recent intervention in a case alleging customs-related reverse False Claims Act fraud underlines the government’s increased scrutiny of, and importers’ corresponding exposure from, information related to product classification, country of origin and pricing, say attorneys at Bass Berry.
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Crisis Management Lessons From The Parenting Playbook
The parenting skills we use to help our kids through challenges — like rehearsing for stressful situations, modeling confidence and taking time to reset our emotions — can also teach us the fundamentals of leading clients through a corporate crisis, say Deborah Solmor at the Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation and Cara Peterman at Alston & Bird.
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When Physical And Cyber Threats Converge: 6 Tips For Cos.
Amid an ongoing trend of increased digital threats of harm made against corporations, organizations and high-profile individuals, an emerging legal framework is providing a risk management road map for general counsel and their teams to navigate the increasingly fraught landscape, say attorneys at Covington.
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4 Ways To Leverage A Jury's Underdog Perceptions
Counsel should consider how common factors that speak to their client's size, power, past challenges and alignment with jurors can be presented to try and paint their client as a sympathetic underdog, says Ken Broda-Bahm at Persuasion Strategies.
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Why Hiring Former Jurors As Consultants Can Be Risky
The defense team's decision to hire former juror Victoria George in the high-profile retrial of Karen Read shines a spotlight on this controversial strategy, which raises important legal, ethical and tactical questions despite not being explicitly prohibited, says Nikoleta Despodova at ND Litigation.
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Adapting To Private Practice: From NY Fed To BigLaw
While the move to private practice brings a learning curve, it also brings chances to learn new skills and grow your network, requiring a clear understanding of how your skills can complement and contribute to a firm's existing practice, and where you can add new value, says Meghann Donahue at Covington.
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Combs Case Reveals Key Pretrial Scheduling Strategies
The procedural battles over pretrial disclosure deadlines leading up to the criminal trial of Sean “Diddy” Combs show how disclosure timing can substantially affect defendants’ ability to prepare and highlight several scheduling pointers for defense counsel, says Sara Kropf at Kropf Moseley.
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Top 3 Litigation Finance Deal-Killers, And How To Avoid Them
Like all transactions, litigation finance deals can sometimes collapse, but understanding the most common reasons for failure, including a lack of trust or a misunderstanding of deal terms, can help both parties avoid problems, say Rebecca Berrebi at Avenue 33 and Boris Ziser at Schulte Roth.
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5th Circ. Ruling Is Latest Signal Of Shaky Qui Tam Landscape
In his recent concurring opinion in U.S. v. Peripheral Vascular Associates, a Fifth Circuit judge joined a growing list of jurists suggesting that the False Claims Act's whistleblower provisions are unconstitutional, underscoring that acceptance of qui tam relators can no longer be taken for granted, say attorneys at Miller & Chevalier.
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Foreign Countries Have Strong Foundation To Fill FCPA Void
Though the U.S. has paused enforcement of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, liberal democracies across the globe are well equipped to reverse any setback in anti-corruption enforcement, potentially heightening prosecution risk for companies headquartered in the U.S., says Stephen Kohn at Kohn Kohn.
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How Attys Can Use A Therapy Model To Help Triggered Clients
Attorneys can lean on key principles from a psychotherapeutic paradigm known as the "Internal Family Systems" model to help manage triggered clients and get settlement negotiations back on track, says Jennifer Gibbs at Zelle.