Following shortly after the Fourth Circuit’s decision in United States v. McDonald, the Ninth Circuit in United States v. Motley also...

In United States v.  Ritter, the Fourth Circuit confronted whether a defendant’s lie to state investigators had the requisite federal...

United States v. McDonald dealt a blow to 18 U.S.C. § 1028A, the aggravated identity theft statute that carries a two-year consecutive...

The Ninth Circuit recently rejected an attempt to use FOIA to obtain documents that Volkswagen produced in connection with the Dieselgate...

Revisiting Section 666 jury instructions that the Supreme Court’s 2024 Snyder decision called into question, the Seventh Circuit affirmed...

United States v. Barry seems to set a difficult standard for the government to show “jointly undertaken activity” for purposes of the...

Despite a plainly erroneous “willfulness” instruction, which related to the key issue at trial, the Sixth Circuit affirmed the...

A recipient of a grand jury subpoena cannot assert the Fifth Amendment act-of-production privilege where it is a “foregone conclusion”...

Bank fraud requires submission of a false or misleading statement to a bank itself—not merely a separate fraud that results in...

The Second Circuit recently rejected a number of arguments from Roger Ng, the former Goldman Sachs managing director convicted in...

A cooperating defendant can obtain a sentence below the mandatory minimum only when the value of his cooperation—as distinct from other...

A corporate executive seeking to introduce evidence of the involvement of the company’s attorneys does not necessarily effect waiver, the...