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...

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

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

In United States v. Taylor, the defendant argued that she could not have acted willfully because she was not familiar with Iowa election...

In a nonprecedential decision, the Ninth Circuit vacated a jury verdict after the district court allowed the jury to review a copy of the...

In a case involving dirt biking with a broken taillight, the Ninth Circuit waded into the muddy terrain of criminal enforcement of...

In 2022, a split Ninth Circuit panel vacated a 324-month sentence for credit card fraud where the district court had relied on a...

The Second Circuit’s opinion in United States v. Cole not only erases his fraud convictions and wipes the slate clean for Neil Cole, it...

Weighing in on a growing circuit split, the Second Circuit in United States v. Elias recently nixed a forfeiture order that apportioned...