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In the Courts
August 27, 2008
Recent rulings you need to know.
The Money Laundering Hammer
August 27, 2008
The federal government has wielded the money laundering statutes, 18 U.S.C. '' 1956 and 1957, to great effect in various cases due to their breathtaking sweep, jury appeal, and severe sentencing enhancement under the federal Sentencing Guidelines. The Supreme Court's recent ruling in <i>United States v. Santos</i> may undermine the feds' use of this weapon.
Bringing Sentencing Sanity to Operation Malicious Mortgage
August 27, 2008
Harsh sentences can be generated by a rote application of the U.S. Sentencing Guidelines in mortgage fraud cases. Challenging the scope of "relevant conduct" should be defense counsel's first line of attack in many cases, because victims' losses may not have resulted from a convicted client's activities or the reasonably foreseeable acts of others in furtherance of jointly undertaken criminal activity under ' 1B1.3.
Prosecution of Subprime-Mortgage Fraud
August 27, 2008
With the meltdown of the U.S. housing market, many players in mortgage lending now face the triple threat of criminal, civil, and administrative legal action. But the scope of federal action against questionable lending practices will depend on the answer to a key question: What funding will be made available to law enforcement agencies?
Verdicts
August 27, 2008
Recent rulings of interest to you and your practice.
Movers & Shakers
August 27, 2008
Who's doing what; who's going where.
Med Mal News
August 27, 2008
The latest news of importance to you and your practice.
Drug & Device News
August 27, 2008
The latest news in this important area.
Revised PhRMA Code Provides a New Roadmap
August 27, 2008
Providing physicians with up-to-date, accurate information about the medicines they prescribe clearly improves patient care and advances health care in general. Nonetheless, the public health need for informed and educated HCPs may, at times, create tension with the pharmaceutical industry's perceived drive for profits.
Are Juries Fair to Physicians?
August 27, 2008
Given how large the awards are when there is a verdict against a physician, many in the medical profession and their defense teams have come to believe that juries are random and unfair. The conventional wisdom seems to be that judge-made decisions are a safer bet for med-mal defendants. Is this true?

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