White Collar Crime

  • In the Courts

    A look at a recent case in which the United States Supreme Court ruled to narrow the scope of criminal asset forfeiture.

    August 01, 2017ljnstaff

  • Business Crimes Hotline

    Analysis of a case in which a jury in New York convicted the former Minister of Mines and Geology of the Republic of Guinea, Mahmoud Thiam, on one count of transacting in criminally derived property and one count of money laundering in the amount of $8.5 million.

    July 02, 2017ljnstaff | Law Journal Newsletters

  • Business Crimes Hotline

    Analysis of a case in which a jury in New York convicted the former Minister of Mines and Geology of the Republic of Guinea, Mahmoud Thiam, on one count of transacting in criminally derived property and one count of money laundering in the amount of $8.5 million.

    July 02, 2017Monique Agnes O. Ladeji

  • Antitrust Corporate Dispositions

    This article provides critical background on DOJ policy and practice, and highlights some of the steps corporate counsel can take during leniency or plea negotiations to secure non-prosecution protection for the company's employees as part of any antitrust corporate disposition.

    July 01, 2017Marc Siegel

  • Do Your Employment Practices Violate Antitrust Law? They Might!

    Did you know that certain employment practices could violate antitrust law? This is the message to be gleaned from joint guidance recently issued by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and the Department of Justice (DOJ) Antitrust Division

    July 01, 2017Robert G. Brody and Alexander Friedman

  • Do Your Employment Practices Violate Antitrust Law?

    This article provides critical background on DOJ policy and practice, and highlights some of the steps corporate counsel can take during leniency or plea negotiations to secure non-prosecution protection for the company's employees as part of any antitrust corporate disposition.

    July 01, 2017Robert G. Brody and Alexander Friedman

  • Preet Bharara Highlighted Insurance Fraud

    Over nearly eight years as U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Preet Bharara became recognized as a powerful prosecutor in many areas, including government corruption and white-collar crime. Another subject for which he certainly deserves mention is his strong record helping to fight insurance fraud in New York.

    July 01, 2017Evan H. Krinick

  • In the Courts

    Recently, the Ninth Circuit set aside the convictions of Walter Liew, a Chinese-American engineer, for witness tampering and making false statements to the court. Here's an in-depth look at the case.

    July 01, 2017Monique Agnes O. Ladeji

  • The Arrival of Justice Gorsuch May Bring Opportunity to Reform the Collective Entity Doctrine

    Recognizing a Fifth Amendment privilege for corporations — whether through wholesale abolition of the collective entity doctrine or by recognizing some limited exception for custodians of smaller corporations — would not foreclose meaningful white-collar prosecutions, but it would restore protection of the Fifth Amendment rights of individuals who are sacrificed under the current bright-line rule. Will Justice Gorsuch help in this endeavor?

    June 02, 2017Preston Burton, Bree Murphy and Leslie Meredith