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September 22, 2025
CVS's Omnicare Hits Ch. 11 After $949M FCA Judgment
Omnicare LLC, CVS Health's subsidiary that provides pharmacy services for long-term care facilities, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy relief Monday in Texas following a $949 million judgment against Omnicare and CVS issued by a New York federal judge earlier this year.
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September 22, 2025
DOJ Presses For 30-Year Sentence In Attempt On Kavanaugh
The government wants a defendant to spend at least 30 years in prison for attempting to kill U.S. Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh, while defense counsel is seeking an eight-year sentence.
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September 22, 2025
Cuellar Bribery Indictment Survives Despite Speech Defense
A Texas federal judge has rejected a bid from U.S. Rep. Henry Cuellar, D-Texas, to escape bribery charges on the grounds that he is immune from prosecution under the Constitution's speech or debate clause, saying the government has alleged misconduct that is not shielded through a relationship to official legislative acts.
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September 22, 2025
Fla. Marketer Gets 57 Months For $11.5M Medicare Fraud
A Florida marketer received nearly five years in prison after admitting in Florida federal court to his role in a scheme to defraud the U.S. out of $11.5 million by convincing Medicare beneficiaries to take genetic screen tests that were not medically necessary.
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September 22, 2025
Boston Activist Admits Defrauding Donors, Gov't
A Boston anti-violence activist once hailed as a rising civic leader admitted Monday in a federal courtroom to using thousands of dollars in donations and grants to her nonprofit for personal expenses like meals and travel, defrauding a pandemic-era unemployment program, and other charges.
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September 21, 2025
Chinese Exec Who Shipped Fentanyl Ingredients Gets 25 Yrs
A Manhattan federal judge on Friday sentenced a Chinese national and chemical company executive to 25 years in prison for shipping large quantities of fentanyl ingredients to the U.S., citing the defendant's "egregious, callous" disregard for the deaths caused by the drugs he helped create.
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September 19, 2025
Va. US Atty Quits Amid Trump's 'Blue-Slip' Removal Bid
Erik Siebert on Friday resigned as U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia, just hours after President Donald Trump pondered ousting him from the position because Siebert received blue-slip approval from the commonwealth's two Democratic senators, Tim Kaine and Mark Warner, according to media reports.
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September 19, 2025
Treasury Launches Stablecoin Rule Push With Call For Input
The U.S. Department of the Treasury on Friday asked for public input on key regulatory considerations for stablecoins as it begins crafting rules to govern the stable-value crypto tokens under the recently signed Genius Act.
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September 19, 2025
NC Atty Charged With Embezzlement, Elder Fund Exploitation
A North Carolina attorney is facing 14 charges of embezzlement related to funds he allegedly rerouted to personal accounts that belonged to both his former law firm Walker Kiger PLLC and former clients.
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September 19, 2025
Former Bank Exec Sentenced For $2M Check-Kiting Scheme
An Illinois bank's second-highest executive has been sentenced to more than five years in federal prison for engaging in a check-kiting scheme that defrauded the bank out of about $2 million.
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September 19, 2025
SEC Walks Away From Ozy Media, Stanford Fraud Cases
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has walked away from its $50 million case against former Ozy Media Inc. founder Carlos Watson after President Donald Trump granted him clemency earlier this year, and also dropped a long-dormant case against a co-conspirator in Robert Allen Stanford's $7 billion Ponzi scheme.
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September 19, 2025
Dems Want Answers On Delayed FinCEN Adviser Rule
Sen. Elizabeth Warren and other congressional Democrats have pressed Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent on the department's decision to postpone a rule they said addresses a money laundering vulnerability of the U.S. investment adviser sector, saying the decision puts national security and the economy at risk.
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September 19, 2025
FTX Trust Says Bankruptcy Laws Apply To Binance Founder
The recovery trust created by the Chapter 11 plan of cryptocurrency exchange FTX told a Delaware judge late Thursday that the bankruptcy court has jurisdiction over Binance and its founder in a $1.76 billion clawback suit, and that bankruptcy laws apply to entities outside the United States.
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September 19, 2025
Mich. Panel OKs Fraud Sentence For Ex-Engineering Director
A Michigan appellate panel has upheld an eight-year prison term for an employee convicted of defrauding a Luxembourg manufacturing company of millions of dollars, finding no issues with the judge's decision to double the recommended sentence.
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September 19, 2025
NJ Shipyard Agrees To Pay $4M To Settle FCA Allegations
A New Jersey shipyard will pay $4 million to settle False Claims Act allegations that it employed immigrants without work authorizations to repair Navy vessels as part of its federal contract, prosecutors said.
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September 19, 2025
McCarter & English Expands In Philly With Ex-Federal Atty
A former assistant U.S. attorney has recently left the public sector and returned to private practice as a litigator with McCarter & English LLP's Philadelphia office.
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September 19, 2025
Ga. Bank Pushes To Go After Law Firm Over Ex-Client's Fraud
A Georgia bank that lost more than $8 million through bogus loan transactions is urging a Peach State appellate court to revive a claim of negligent misrepresentation against law firm Stanley Ersey & Buckley LLP, saying the trial court got it wrong when it relied on "boilerplate disclaimers" from the firm to toss the claim.
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September 19, 2025
Texas Judge Sends Another Buzbee, Jay-Z Suit To State Court
A federal judge in Texas has remanded back to state court a lawsuit accusing Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP of trying to destroy well-known attorney Tony Buzbee's reputation in retaliation for a lawsuit in which Buzbee's client accused rapper Jay-Z of child rape.
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September 19, 2025
Fla. Bar Must Conduct Bondi Ethics Probe, State Justices Told
An attorney has doubled down on his attempt to force the Florida Bar into investigating U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi for alleged unethical conduct, arguing to the state Supreme Court that the bar has a clear legal duty to do so.
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September 19, 2025
Law Firm Seeks To Ax Suit From Ex-OneTaste Staffer
Kohn Swift & Graf PC is urging a Pennsylvania federal court to toss a former client's legal malpractice suit alleging the firm was negligent when it represented her in connection with a federal subpoena related to an investigation into sexual wellness company OneTaste, saying her negligence claims are "exceptionally vague."
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September 19, 2025
Fla. Judge's Resignation Ends 'Dad Jokes' Ethics Case
The Florida Judicial Qualifications Commission has tossed an ethics case targeting a former state court judge over "dad joke" remarks that discipline authorities referred to as "grossly inappropriate," saying the judge's subsequent departure from the bench justifies the dismissal.Â
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September 19, 2025
Gold Star Mother Accuses Atty Of Malpractice In Fraud Case
The mother of a deceased Army service member is suing a high-profile military-focused attorney in New Jersey federal court, alleging the attorney blew her chance at recouping money from a convicted fraudster who preyed on military families.
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September 19, 2025
Sirva Sues Ex-General Counsel Over $2.6M Fund Transfers
Moving giant Sirva has sued the ex-general counsel of a predecessor company, seeking a declaration from a New Jersey federal court that it is the rightful owner of $2.6 million in funds it says the lawyer sent to a bank account he controls for an investment entity.
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September 19, 2025
SEC Wins 'Scalping' Trial Against Penny Stock Trader
A Manhattan federal jury held an Ohio man liable on Friday in a case brought by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission alleging he fraudulently earned over $2.5 million by buying up penny stocks, hyping them online and then selling for gains in a "scalping" scheme.
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September 18, 2025
NY Officials Arrested Seeking To Check Migrant Treatment
Federal officers Thursday arrested several Democratic officials in New York who were demanding access to a Manhattan immigration holding facility under scrutiny for allegedly unconstitutional and inhumane conditions.
Expert Analysis
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Lessons From 7th Circ.'s Deleted Chat Sanctions Ruling
The Seventh Circuit’s recent decision in Pable v. Chicago Transit Authority, affirming the dismissal of an ex-employee’s retaliation claims, highlights the importance of properly handling the preservation of ephemeral messages and clarifies key sanctions issues, says Philip Favro at Favro Law.
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Genius Act Sets Stablecoin Standards — Without Regulation E
While the Genius Act expressly requires payment stablecoin issuers to be treated as financial institutions for purposes of the Bank Secrecy Act, it is notably silent as to whether they are to be treated as such under the Electronic Fund Transfer Act, as implemented by Regulation E, says Tom Witherspoon at Stinson.
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Art Market Must Prepare For More AML Scrutiny
Calls for art market regulation continue to grow, as evidenced by a recently introduced bill that would subject it to the Bank Secrecy Act’s anti-money laundering requirements, so participants should consider adopting basic, risk-based controls, says Jane Levine at The ArtRisk Group.
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Series
Quilting Makes Me A Better Lawyer
Turning intricate patterns of fabric and thread into quilts has taught me that craftsmanship, creative problem-solving and dedication to incremental progress are essential to creating something lasting that will help another person — just like in law, says Veronica McMillan at Kramon & Graham.
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How AI Is Easing Digital Asset Recovery In Fraud Cases
In combination with recent legislation and a maturing digital asset infrastructure, artificial intelligence tools are making it easier to recover stolen assets, giving litigants a more specific understanding of financial fraud earlier in the process and making it economically feasible to pursue smaller fraud claims, says Solomon Shinerock at Lewis Baach.
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Fleeing Or Just Leaving Quickly? 2nd Circ. Says It Depends
The Second Circuit’s recent U.S. v. Bardakova decision adopted a new approach for determining whether a defendant who commits a crime in the U.S., and then leaves and remains abroad, intends to avoid prosecution — making it more difficult to argue against the fugitive disentitlement doctrine in most cases, say attorneys at MoloLamken.
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What 2 Profs Noticed As Transactional Law Students Used AI
After a semester using generative artificial intelligence tools with students in an entrepreneurship law clinic, we came away with numerous observations about the opportunities and challenges such tools present to new transactional lawyers, say professors at Cornell Law School.
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Despite SEC Reset, Private Crypto Securities Cases Continue
While the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission under the Trump administration has charted a new approach to crypto regulation, the industry still lacks comprehensive rules of the road, meaning private plaintiffs continue to pursue litigation, and application of securities laws to crypto-assets will be determined by the courts, say attorneys at Skadden.
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Crypto Custody Guidelines Buoy Both Banks And Funds
A statement released last month by banking regulators — highlighting risks that the agencies expect banks holding crypto-assets to mitigate — may encourage more traditional institutions to offer crypto-asset safekeeping and thereby offer asset managers more options for qualified custodians to custody crypto-assets for their clients, say attorneys at Dechert.
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Reel Justice: 'Eddington' Spotlights Social Media Evidence
In the neo-Western black comedy “Eddington” released last month, social media is a character unto itself, highlighting how the boundaries between digital and real-world conduct can become blurred, thereby posing evidentiary challenges in criminal prosecutions, says Veronica Finkelstein at Wilmington University School of Law.
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Rebuttal
BigLaw Settlements Should Not Spur Ethics Deregulation
A recent Law360 op-ed argued that loosening law firm funding restrictions would make BigLaw firms less inclined to settle with the Trump administration, but deregulating legal financing ethics may well prove to be not merely ineffective, but counterproductive, says Laurel Kilgour at the American Economic Liberties Project.
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What FinCEN's AML Rule Delay Means For Advisers
Even with the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network's statement last month delaying the compliance date for a rule requiring advisers to report suspicious activity, advisers can expect some level of U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission oversight in connection with anti-money laundering compliance, say attorneys at Simpson Thacher.
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5 Ways Lawyers Can Earn Back The Public's Trust
Amid salacious headlines about lawyers behaving badly and recent polls showing the public’s increasingly unfavorable view of attorneys, we must make meaningful changes to our culture to rebuild trust in the legal system, says Carl Taylor at Carl Taylor Law.
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How To Successfully Challenge Jurors For Cause In 5 Steps
To effectively challenge a potential juror for cause, attorneys should follow a multistep framework rather than skipping straight to the final qualification question, says Ken Broda-Bahm at Persuasion Strategies.
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Criminal Healthcare Fraud Takeaways From 4th Circ. Reversal
After the Fourth Circuit reversed a doctor’s postconviction acquittal in U.S. v. Elfenbein last month, defense attorneys should consider three strategies when handling complex criminal healthcare matters, says Jonathan Porter at Husch Blackwell.