12/29/2025 10:12:08 PM The White Collar Appeal: Sixth Circuit Reaffirms “Willfulness” Standard for Healthcare Fraud and Vacates Restitution Orders By Daniel Koffmann Adelyn Curran Despite a plainly erroneous “willfulness” instruction, which related to the key issue at trial, the Sixth Circuit affirmed the...
12/22/2025 5:44:48 PM The White Collar Appeal: Second Circuit Enforces Grand Jury Subpoena Based on Foregone-Conclusion Exception By Daniel Koffmann Neil Phillips A recipient of a grand jury subpoena cannot assert the Fifth Amendment act-of-production privilege where it is a “foregone conclusion”...
12/22/2025 5:44:21 PM The White Collar Appeal: Seventh Circuit Reverses Bank Fraud Convictions under Plain-Error Standard By Daniel Koffmann Marielle Greenblatt Bank fraud requires submission of a false or misleading statement to a bank itself—not merely a separate fraud that results in...
12/9/2025 3:53:02 PM The White Collar Appeal: Second Circuit Affirms Conviction of Goldman Sachs Managing Director in 1MDB Scandal By Daniel Koffmann Marielle Greenblatt The Second Circuit recently rejected a number of arguments from Roger Ng, the former Goldman Sachs managing director convicted in...
12/8/2025 5:17:45 PM The White Collar Appeal: Cooperation is the Only Thing that Matters in Setting a Sentence Beneath the Mandatory Minimum By Daniel Koffmann Kiersten Whitfield A cooperating defendant can obtain a sentence below the mandatory minimum only when the value of his cooperation—as distinct from other...
12/4/2025 2:32:38 PM The White Collar Appeal: First Circuit Examines Waiver of Corporate Attorney-Client Privilege in Prosecution of Executives By Daniel Koffmann Kiersten Whitfield A corporate executive seeking to introduce evidence of the involvement of the company’s attorneys does not necessarily effect waiver, the...