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Third Circuit Steadfast In Fifth Amendment’s Unavailability To Corporate Custodians

Posted On Thursday, June 4, 2015 At 2:00PM

In May, the Third Circuit affirmed a New Jersey district court’s finding that even a one-person corporation cannot assert a Fifth Amendment privilege regarding corporate documents. The ruling...

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Sixth Circuit Reins In Private Search Doctrine For Computers

Posted On Monday, June 1, 2015 At 2:01PM

The Sixth Circuit recently reined in the private search doctrine as applied to computer searches in United States v. Lichtenberger, No. 14-3540.  Under the private search doctrine, if a...

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Supreme Court Of Pennsylvania Affirms Conviction Of Monsignor William Lynn For Endangering Welfare Of Child

Posted On Tuesday, May 19, 2015 At 2:01PM

On April 27, 2015, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court, in a four to one opinion with Justice Castille abstaining from participation, reversed the Superior Court’s dismissal of the criminal charges...

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Indictments For Former Top Christie Aide And Port Authority Executive In BridgeGate Scandal

Posted On Thursday, May 7, 2015 At 3:59PM

The “BridgeGate” scandal erupted into public view once again last Friday with the guilty plea of former Port Authority director David Wildstein and the unsealing of an indictment against New...

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Detroit Health Care Providers Sentenced For $29M Medicare Fraud

Posted On Friday, May 1, 2015 At 3:59PM

On April 21, 2015, the Department of Justice announced that three Detroit-based health care providers were ordered to collectively pay, as part of their sentences, more than $11 million in...

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SEC To Companies: “Hands Off Whistleblowers!”

Posted On Monday, April 13, 2015 At 4:01PM

On April 1, 2015, the SEC announced its first whistleblower protection case involving restrictive confidentiality language.  The agency charged the Houston-based engineering and technology firm...

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