The Ninth Circuit, in United States v. Augare, No. 14-30131, 2015 WL 5234789 (9th Cir. Sept. 9, 2015), recently affirmed the application of a “sophisticated means” sentencing enhancement...
read moreA series of recent high profile prosecutions of attorneys or persons affiliated with law firms for insider trading has highlighted the government’s concern about attorneys and law firm personnel...
read moreIt is not uncommon in the financial services industry, particularly in matters involving the departure of partners or brokers, for there to be accusations that the departing person has taken with...
read moreOn Tuesday, Assistant Attorney General Leslie R. Caldwell expanded upon DOJ’s new policy focus on pursuing individuals in connection with the prosecution of corporate wrongdoing. Assistant...
read moreOn Monday, two former officials and one broker for the now defunct Peanut Corporation of America (“PCA”) were sentenced by Senior U.S. District Judge W. Lewis Sands of the Middle District of...
read moreOn Friday, September 18, the medical biller for a Chicago-area visiting physician practice was sentenced to 45 months in prison, by U.S. District Judge Gary Feinerman of the Northern District of...
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