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  • July 17, 2025

    Ex-CEO Agrees To $27.5M Judgment In Medicare Fraud Case

    A day before his trial was set to begin, the former CEO and owner of the now-defunct laboratory Premier Medical Inc. agreed to a $27.5 million consent judgment, acknowledging he was likely to be found liable in the suit brought against him by the federal government and three states.

  • July 17, 2025

    CFTC Restructures Enforcement Division Amid Layoffs

    The Commodity Futures Trading Commission plans to lay off around two dozen staff members and has restructured its enforcement division by eliminating some management positions, a person familiar with the matter told Law360 Thursday.

  • July 17, 2025

    Mich. Atty's Disbarment Reversed Over 'Unreasonable' Delays

    A Michigan criminal defense attorney accused of taking client money without performing promised legal work has had his disbarment reduced to a four-year suspension after the state's disciplinary arm for attorney misconduct found that a years-long unexplained delay in filing charges against him was unreasonable.

  • July 17, 2025

    IRS Leaker Asks DC Circ. To Bar Comments By Ex-Employer

    A tech worker appealing a five-year sentence for leaking tax returns while on the job at the IRS through contractor Booz Allen asked the D.C. Circuit on Thursday to block his former employer from weighing in, saying the company's opinion that he should finish his prison term is irrelevant.

  • July 16, 2025

    NFT Fraudster Says He Used Tornado To Hide $1.1M Rug Pull

    An admitted cryptocurrency fraudster who copped to a million-dollar nonfungible tokens scam Wednesday told the jury in the $1 billion money laundering and sanctions trial of Tornado Cash co-founder Roman Storm that when it came time to hide the proceeds of the NFT fraud, he turned to the crypto mixer to cover his tracks.

  • July 16, 2025

    SEC Says Firm's Ex-Compliance Chief Doctored Exam Forms

    The former chief compliance officer of a previously registered investment adviser has agreed to pay $40,000 and face a three-year industry bar to resolve claims she altered about 170 forms she handed over to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission as part of its examination of her former firm.

  • July 16, 2025

    SEC Awards More Than $7M To 5 Whistleblowers

    The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission approved more than $7 million in awards to five whistleblowers Wednesday, in three redacted orders indicating they voluntarily provided original information that led to enforcement actions the agency pursued.

  • July 16, 2025

    Ex-FirstEnergy Execs Can't Sway Judge With Jury-Taint Fears

    An Ohio federal judge has rejected objections that former FirstEnergy Corp. executives facing criminal charges raised over recommended changes to a protective order in a securities class action against them and the company.

  • July 16, 2025

    DOJ Settles With Recruiter Of Temporary Foreign Farmworkers

    The U.S. Department of Justice announced a settlement agreement with a Mississippi staffing consultancy Tuesday, closing an investigation into allegations that the company manipulated job orders to give preference to H-2A visa workers.

  • July 16, 2025

    Jeanine Pirro Scrutinized On Jan. 6, Ex-Husband's Pardon

    Former Fox News host and New York state judge Jeanine Pirro, nominated to be U.S. attorney for the District of Columbia, fielded questions from senators Wednesday on the Jan. 6 Capitol riot and President Donald Trump's pardon of her ex-husband, ahead of the anticipated committee vote on her nomination.

  • July 16, 2025

    Ex-Union Official Wants Probation For $15K Embezzlement

    The former financial secretary of a Pittsburgh-area steelworkers' union on Wednesday asked a federal court to sentence him to probation and nearly $15,000 in restitution after he pled guilty to embezzling funds.

  • July 16, 2025

    Ex-Commissioner's RICO Suit Calls NYPD 'Criminal At Its Core'

    A former New York Police Department commissioner on Wednesday sued Mayor Eric Adams and other city officials in federal court alleging they ran the police department as a criminal enterprise that hid misconduct, paid out millions of taxpayer dollars to politically connected officers, and retaliated against him and his wife when he blew the whistle.

  • July 16, 2025

    Cheesesteak Maker Gets 2 Mos. Sliced From Prison Sentence

    A member of the family behind the popular Tony Luke's cheesesteak shop in South Philadelphia was re-sentenced Wednesday to 18 months in prison, marking a two-month reduction of the original term he'd received for paying employees under the table.

  • July 15, 2025

    Ex-NY Attorney Pleads Guilty To Stealing $4.7M From Clients

    A former New York lawyer admitted to stealing millions from clients, including draining more than $4.4 million from the attorney escrow account of a company seeking to buy 500,000 boxes of hard-to-find latex gloves during the COVID-19 pandemic, Manhattan District Attorney Alvin L. Bragg Jr., announced Tuesday.

  • July 15, 2025

    Tornado Founder Wasn't In On Crypto Laundering, Jury Told

    Counsel for a Seattle-area software developer and co-founder of Tornado Cash told a New York federal jury on Tuesday that he had nothing to do with North Korean cybercriminals and others who used the cryptocurrency mixer to launder more than $1 billion in ill-gotten gains.

  • July 15, 2025

    Interactive Brokers To Pay OFAC $11.8M For Sanctions Lapses

    Interactive Brokers LLC has agreed to pay more than $11.8 million to settle allegations from the U.S. Department of the Treasury's trade sanctions enforcement arm that the electronic broker-dealer violated various sanctions programs over a period of more than seven years.

  • July 15, 2025

    Convicted Ill. Speaker Seeks Release Pending Bribery Appeal

    Former Illinois speaker Michael Madigan asked a federal judge Monday to let him stay out of prison after his recent public corruption conviction, arguing that the Seventh Circuit's input on several legal issues could require a new trial.

  • July 15, 2025

    Gould Sworn In As Comptroller Of Currency

    Former Jones Day partner Jonathan Gould on Tuesday was sworn in as the next leader of the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, marking his return to the agency where he spent more than two years as chief counsel.

  • July 15, 2025

    SEC Drops Bribery Suit Against Ex-Cognizant Execs

    The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission told a New Jersey federal court Tuesday that it will drop its lawsuit against the former president and chief legal officer of Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp. over an alleged bribery scheme, after the U.S. Department of Justice dropped a related criminal case.

  • July 15, 2025

    Betting Site Polymarket Says Feds Have Dropped Probe

    Federal prosecutors have ended an investigation into the betting site Polymarket without taking any action against the platform, the company's CEO said in a social media post Tuesday.

  • July 15, 2025

    Tax Return Preparer Cops To Role In $25M Fraud Scheme

    A tax return preparer pled guilty in a California federal court for his role in a fraud scheme that involved submitting fake federal income tax returns to claim $25 million in refunds.

  • July 15, 2025

    Delta To Pay $8.1M To End FCA Whistleblower Suit

    Delta Air Lines Inc. on Tuesday agreed to pay $8.1 million to settle whistleblower claims that it paid some corporate officers and other employees beyond compensation limits the airline agreed to under a Treasury Department pandemic relief program.

  • July 15, 2025

    Judge Says Election Audit Deal Doesn't Cover Michigan Atty

    A $500,000 settlement reached between a Pennsylvania businessman and a cybersecurity firm suing over unpaid voting machine investigation bills does not cover a Michigan attorney and her firm, a Michigan federal judge ruled this week.

  • July 15, 2025

    Grassley Rejects Dems' Push For 2nd Hearing On Emil Bove

    Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee, on Tuesday rebuffed the request from Democrats on his committee for the whistleblower who made claims regarding Third Circuit nominee Emil Bove to testify and said the committee will proceed with the vote on Bove's nomination Thursday.

  • July 15, 2025

    Wisconsin Judge Says Actions Were Part Of Judicial Duties

    The Wisconsin state judge accused of helping an immigrant living in the country illegally avoid arrest objected to a federal judge's recommendation not to have her indictment dismissed, arguing Tuesday that her actions were lawful and that accepting the recommendation would set a dangerous precedent.

Expert Analysis

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    Law School's Missed Lessons: Rejecting Biz Dev Myths

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    Law schools don’t spend sufficient time dispelling certain myths that prevent young lawyers from exploring new business opportunities, but by dismissing these misguided beliefs, even an introverted first-year associate with a small network of contacts can find long-term success, says Ronald Levine at Herrick Feinstein.

  • DOJ Has Deep Toolbox For Corporate Immigration Violations

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    With the U.S. Department of Justice now offering rewards to whistleblowers who report businesses that employ unauthorized workers, companies should understand the immigration enforcement landscape and how they can reduce their risk, say attorneys at McDermott.

  • Move Beyond Surface-Level Edits To Master Legal Writing

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    Recent instances in which attorneys filed briefs containing artificial intelligence hallucinations offer a stark reminder that effective revision isn’t just about superficial details like grammar — it requires attorneys to critically engage with their writing and analyze their rhetorical choices, says Ivy Grey at WordRake.

  • 3 Rulings May Reveal Next Frontier Of Gov't Contract Cases

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    Several U.S. Supreme Court decisions over the past year — involving wire fraud, gratuities and obstruction — offer wide-ranging and arguably conflicting takeaways for government contractors that are especially relevant given the Trump administration’s focus on diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives, say attorneys at Rogers Joseph.

  • DOJ May Rethink Banning Firearms For Marijuana Users

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    In light of various federal circuit court decisions and an executive order from President Donald Trump, U.S. Department of Justice enforcement policy now may be on the verge of changing decidedly in favor of marijuana users' gun rights, and could foreshadow additional marijuana-friendly reforms, says Jacob Raver at Dentons.

  • EDNY Ruling May Limit Some FARA Conspiracy Charges

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    Though the Eastern District of New York’s recent U.S. v. Sun decision upheld Foreign Agents Registration Act charges against a former aide to New York Gov. Kathy Hochul, its recognition of an affirmative legislative policy to exempt some officials may help defendants charged with related conspiracies, say attorneys at ArentFox Schiff.

  • 9th Circ. Has Muddied Waters Of Article III Pleading Standard

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    District courts in the Ninth Circuit continue to apply a defunct and especially forgiving pleading standard to questions of Article III standing, and the circuit court itself has only perpetuated this confusion — making it an attractive forum for disputes that have no rightful place in federal court, say attorneys at Gibson Dunn.

  • Future Of Enviro Crimes Under Trump's Federal Regs Order

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    President Donald Trump's recent executive order about fighting overcriminalization in federal regulations creates new advocacy opportunities for defense counsel to argue that particular environmental crime investigations and matters ought to be limited or declined based on the policy priorities reflected in the order, say attorneys at Sidley.

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    Competing In Modern Pentathlon Makes Me A Better Lawyer

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    Opening myself up to new experiences through competing in modern Olympic pentathlon has shrunk the appearance of my daily work annoyances and helps me improve my patience, manage crises better and remember that acquiring new skills requires working through your early mistakes, says attorney Mary Zoldak.

  • If Justices Accept, Maxwell Case May Clarify Meaning Of 'US'

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    If the U.S. Supreme Court agrees to take up Ghislaine Maxwell’s appeal, it could clarify the meaning of “United States” in the context of plea agreements, and a plain language interpretation of the term would offer criminal defendants fairness and finality, say attorneys at Kudman Trachten.

  • DOJ Memo Lays Groundwork For Healthy Bank Sponsorships

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    The U.S. Department of Justice's recent digital asset policy shift offers potential clarity in the murky waters of sponsor bank relationships, presenting nontraditional financial companies with both a moment of opportunity and a test of maturity, say attorneys at Arnall Golden.

  • Policy Shifts May Follow Burst Of Defense Cyber Settlements

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    Recent False Claims Act settlements with defense contractors MORSECORP and Nightwing suggest that cybersecurity standards for government contractors remain a key enforcement priority, but these may represent a final flurry of activity before the Trump administration transitions to different policy goals, say attorneys at Alston & Bird.

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    Law School's Missed Lessons: Teaching Yourself Legal Tech

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    New graduates often enter practice unfamiliar with even basic professional software, but budding lawyers can use on-the-job opportunities to both catch up on technological skills and explore the advanced legal and artificial intelligence tools that will open doors, says Alyssa Sones at Sheppard Mullin.

  • In 2nd Term, Trump Has New Iran Sanctions Enforcement Tool

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    As tensions between the U.S. and Iran escalate, the Trump administration may use a whistleblower program enacted in 2022 to target violations that were previously more difficult to detect, thus expanding enforcement of economic sanctions, say attorneys at MoloLamken and Zuckerman Law.

  • How AI May Reshape The Future Of Adjudication

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    As discussed at a recent panel at Texas A&M, artificial intelligence will not erase the human element of adjudication in the next 10 to 20 years, but it will drive efficiencies that spur private arbiters to experiment, lead public courts to evolve and force attorneys to adapt, says Christopher Seck at Squire Patton.

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