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In a nonprecedential decision, the Ninth Circuit vacated a jury verdict after the district court allowed the jury to review a copy of the...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

Reversing a rare pretrial dismissal of indictment, the Fifth Circuit in United States v. Constantinescu recently clarified the elements...

In determining whether misbranding violations under the Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act permit criminal forfeiture, the Second Circuit...

In a case of first impression in the Courts of Appeals, the Second Circuit recently examined when the government may prosecute...

What constitutes an “official act” for purposes of federal bribery prosecutions has continued to vex courts even after the Supreme...

In a case of first impression in the federal Courts of Appeals, the Second Circuit held that district courts may not consider a...

In the latest case seeking to identify the bounds of federal mail and wire fraud, the Fourth Circuit narrowly construed Ciminelli while...