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Leveraging Data to Drive Innovation in A Post-Pandemic World Image

Leveraging Data to Drive Innovation in A Post-Pandemic World

Debra Baker

With a new year and fresh outlook for the future, the time is ripe for legal technologists and innovators to take the delivery of legal services and client experience to the next level. One key is recognizing that successful innovation is equal parts mindset, method and message.

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Not-So-Incidental Byproducts of 'Kelly'

Gary Stein

Early returns are in, and they indicate that the Supreme Court's decision in the so-called "Bridgegate" case will be an effective tool for pruning the wild overgrowth that has built up around the federal fraud statutes.

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Second Circuit Ruling on Personal Benefit Test Widens Scope of Criminal Insider Trading Image

Second Circuit Ruling on Personal Benefit Test Widens Scope of Criminal Insider Trading

Robert J. Anello & Richard F. Albert

The holding in Blaszczak significantly widens the scope of criminal insider trading. It also creates the anomaly of extending the criminal law beyond the SEC's civil enforcement authority.

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Equal Justice Should Apply to All, Including the President's Friends

Harry Sandick & Jacob Tuttle Newman

This article considers certain positions taken by DOJ in cases involving Roger Stone, Michael Flynn and the subpoenas duces tecum issued by the New York District Attorney's Office in connection with its investigation into the Trump Organization.

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Defending Attorneys Against Extortion Charges Presents Unique Challenges

Bradley A. Marcus

Although the criminal prosecution of lawyer misconduct is nothing new, the recent indictment of a plaintiffs' lawyer in Maryland and sentencing of two plaintiffs' lawyers in Virginia illustrate the particular danger to attorneys who arguably cross the line during negotiations with potential litigation counterparties.

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Implications of a More Conservative Supreme Court for White-Collar Practitioners

Robert J. Anello & Richard F. Albert

A review of recent decisions of the Roberts court and of decisions in which Barrett participated during her limited tenure on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit provides some hints regarding how the Supreme Court's future decisions may affect the law relevant to white-collar criminal practice.

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SCOTUS Set to Address Circuit Split in Interpreting CFAA Image

SCOTUS Set to Address Circuit Split in Interpreting CFAA

Elkan Abramowitz & Jonathan S. Sack 

The Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (CFAA) is the sort of broadly worded criminal statute which gives white-collar prosecutors considerable power — and makes defense counsel and judges uneasy. The meaning of "or exceed[ing] authorized access" is not so clear.

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Biden Administration May Bring Uptick In White-Collar Work

Andrew Maloney

With a change in priorities, and issues such as health care, climate and another stimulus package potentially on the agenda for President-elect Joe Biden, white-collar defense lawyers anticipate an uptick in enforcement work.

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Ransomware: To Pay or Not to Pay Is Not the Question Image

Ransomware: To Pay or Not to Pay Is Not the Question

Michel Sahyoun

It is not the ransom but the costs associated with the failure to prevent the attack and the consequent remediation that may prove to be a real company killer.

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Inside Prosecutors' 5Dimes Deal for Offshore Online Sports Betting

Ross Todd

Laura Varela was unaware that her husband, William Sean Creighton, was under investigation by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security and prosecutors in the Eastern District of Pennsylvania for his 5Dimes sports betting website until Creighton was kidnapped — and later found dead.

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