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DOJ Warns Of Continued Investigations Into Financial Institutions Facilitating Scam Artists

Posted On Thursday, June 26, 2014 At 3:35PM

On Monday, Attorney General Eric Holder announced that the Department of Justice’s efforts to investigate and prosecute financial institutions that knowingly facilitate consumer fraud will...

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Second Circuit Finds Army’s Search & Retention Of Accountant’s Files Unreasonable

Posted On Tuesday, June 24, 2014 At 3:36PM

This week, in U.S. v. Ganias, the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit addressed whether “the Fourth Amendment permits officials executing a warrant for the seizure of particular...

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11th Circuit Affirms Sentence And Fine In “Deplorable” Nursing Home Fraud

Posted On Friday, June 20, 2014 At 3:37PM

On June 19, in U.S. v. Houser, the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit affirmed a district court’s 240 month prison sentence and $7,000,000 restitution order to Medicare and...

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FEDS ANNOUNCE CHARGES AGAINST HACKER RESPONSIBLE FOR $100 MILLION THEFT

Posted On Thursday, June 5, 2014 At 3:38PM
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On Monday, the Department of Justice unsealed criminal charges in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and Omaha, Nebraska against an individual alleged to have engineered the theft of $100 million through...

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PA SUPREME COURT LIFTS ITS BAR ON EXPERT TESTIMONY REGARDING EYEWITNESS IDENTIFICATION

Posted On Friday, May 30, 2014 At 3:39PM

Earlier this week, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court issued an opinion reversing its prior precedent and opening the door for the admission of expert testimony in the area of eyewitness...

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DOJ POLICY SHIFT REGARDING ELECTRONIC RECORDING OF STATEMENTS BY THOSE DETAINED

Posted On Friday, May 23, 2014 At 3:41PM

On May 22, Attorney General Eric Holder announced that the DOJ had enacted a new policy that statements made by an individual in federal custody (following their arrest but prior to their first...

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