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Federal Judge To Hold Electronic Discovery In Pay Pal Criminal Hacking Case

Posted On Wednesday, October 17, 2012
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On October 11, 2012, U.S. District Court Judge Lowell Jensen of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California ordered the government to turn over to him hard-drives and other...

Third Circuit: Sentencing Judges Not Required To Consider Federal-State Disparities

Posted On Monday, October 15, 2012

District judges do not need to consider disparities in punishment provided by analogous state and federal laws when sentencing criminal defendants, even when the federal offense uses state law...

Second Circuit Affirms District Court’s Authority Under All Writs Act To Restrain Funds In Anticipation Of Sentencing

Posted On Friday, October 12, 2012
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The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit recently affirmed an order of restitution by the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York, denying a request by the defendant...

9th Circuit Does Not Find Government’s Chutzpah Appealing

Posted On Thursday, September 27, 2012
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In 1993, Ninth Circuit Judge Alex Kozinski co-authored an article for the Yale Law Journal, wherein the authors explained the term “Chutzpah.” See Alex Kozinski and Eugene...

TYCO Enters Into NPA And Subsidiary Pleads Guilty – $26 Million Paid In FCPA Settlement

Posted On Tuesday, September 25, 2012
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On September 24, 2012, DOJ announced the resolution of its prosecution of a subsidiary of TYCO International Ltd. (TYCO) under the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA). In accordance with the...

WSJ Article Shines Light On Guilty Pleas

Posted On Monday, September 24, 2012
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The Wall Street Journal recently featured the story of Kenneth Kassab, an individual who, almost as an afterthought, withdrew his plea of guilty to federal explosives charges, and ended up being...

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Federal Judge To Hold Electronic Discovery In Pay Pal Criminal Hacking Case

Third Circuit: Sentencing Judges Not Required To Consider Federal-State Disparities

Second Circuit Affirms District Court’s Authority Under All Writs Act To Restrain Funds In Anticipation Of Sentencing

9th Circuit Does Not Find Government’s Chutzpah Appealing

TYCO Enters Into NPA And Subsidiary Pleads Guilty – $26 Million Paid In FCPA Settlement

WSJ Article Shines Light On Guilty Pleas

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