7/13/2026 11:25:23 PM The White Collar Appeal: Second Circuit Affirms Sam Bankman-Fried’s Fraud Convictions in FTX Case By Daniel Koffmann Michael Bloom Sam Bankman-Fried, the co-founder and chief executive of the former cryptocurrency exchange FTX, raised a number of issues in his appeal...
7/6/2026 4:49:05 PM The White Collar Appeal: Defendant Who Had Pleaded Guilty Not Permitted to Raise Claims of Prosecutorial Misconduct Before the Grand Jury By Daniel Koffmann Adelyn Curran In United States v. Maldonado, the First Circuit held that a defendant’s unconditional guilty plea waived any Fifth Amendment challenge...
7/2/2026 9:06:19 PM The White Collar Appeal: Supreme Court Reverses Obstruction-of-Justice Conviction Based on Venue By Daniel Koffmann Neil Phillips In Abouammo v. United States, the Supreme Court reversed the conviction of a defendant charged with violating 18 U.S.C. § 1519, the...
6/30/2026 5:50:21 PM The White Collar Appeal: Sixth Circuit Permits the Government to Resurrect a Request for Restitution that the Government Previously Waived By Daniel Koffmann Grace Sullivan Even where the government explicitly waived any request for restitution in an initial sentencing phase, it is permitted to seek...
6/22/2026 5:27:05 PM The White Collar Appeal: Fifth Circuit Rejects Victim Opposition to the Government’s Dismissal of Charges Following a Corporate Criminal Resolution By Daniel Koffmann JoAnne Wicki Victims of crime have the right under the Crime Victims’ Rights Act to confer with the government and to be treated with fairness, but...
6/17/2026 9:07:28 PM The White Collar Appeal: First Circuit Analyzes the Scope of McCormick and Snyder in Puerto Rico Mayor Bribery Case By Daniel Koffmann Adelyn Curran In United States v. Pérez-Otero, the First Circuit affirmed bribery convictions of the former mayor of Guaynabo, Puerto Rico, rejecting...
5/18/2026 12:12:26 AM The White Collar Appeal: Three Recent Decisions from the Fourth and Ninth Circuits Reach Divergent Outcomes in Juror Bias Claims By Daniel Koffmann JoAnne Wicki The Sixth Amendment’s guarantee of an impartial jury is settled doctrine, but the procedural mechanics, such as when bias must be raised,...
5/4/2026 1:26:51 AM The White Collar Appeal: Tenth Circuit Finds Fourth Amendment Violation in Warrant for Cloud Account Data but Affirms Under the Good-Faith Exception By Daniel Koffmann Marielle Greenblatt In United States v. Tew, the Tenth Circuit held that a warrant for a defendant’s Apple iCloud account was insufficiently particularized...
3/19/2026 6:58:50 PM The White Collar Appeal: The Ninth Circuit Joins the Fourth Circuit in Paring Back Aggravated Identity Theft Statute By Daniel Koffmann Adelyn Curran Following shortly after the Fourth Circuit’s decision in United States v. McDonald, the Ninth Circuit in United States v. Motley also...
3/16/2026 4:14:31 PM The White Collar Appeal: Fourth Circuit Affirms Federal Witness-Tampering Conviction Based on Lie to State Law Enforcement Agents By Daniel Koffmann Michael Bloom In United States v. Ritter, the Fourth Circuit confronted whether a defendant’s lie to state investigators had the requisite federal...
2/13/2026 2:43:19 PM The White Collar Appeal: Fourth Circuit Pares Back Aggravated Identity Theft Statute By Daniel Koffmann Grace Sullivan United States v. McDonald dealt a blow to 18 U.S.C. § 1028A, the aggravated identity theft statute that carries a two-year consecutive...
2/9/2026 9:57:24 PM The White Collar Appeal: Corporate Cooperation Documents Produced to Grand Jury Not Subject to FOIA By Daniel Koffmann Thomas Chafin The Ninth Circuit recently rejected an attempt to use FOIA to obtain documents that Volkswagen produced in connection with the Dieselgate...