By Sara Kropf and Margaret Cassidy
This is Part 2 of an article that I wrote with my colleague Margaret Cassidy for the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers publication, The Champion. Here is a link to Part I
This is Part 1 of an article that I wrote with my colleague Margaret Cassidy for the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers publication, The Champion. In this part, we provide an overview of the mandatory self-reporting obligations in the
One thing you quickly learn as defense counsel is that the government has considerably more power than you do. In pre-indictment discussions, if I push back too hard on the government, the prosecutor could decide to add
Just this week, a federal judge sentenced a former University of Arkansas engineering professor to a year and a day in prison. He had pleaded guilty to one count of making a false statement to the FBI.
The Department of Justice keeps touting its focus on FARA prosecutions—even if it is having a hard time winning them.
In late March 2022, U.S. District Court Judge Anthony Trenga granted a new trial to a former
The pandemic has brought many changes to the practice of law, but perhaps the biggest is the ubiquity of video calls to replace meetings and regular phone calls. There are definite upsides: less travel and lower bills
For the government to win at trial, it must convince all 12 jurors to vote guilty. For the defendant to win at trial, he must convince all 12 jurors to vote for acquittal. If there is an
If the Department of Justice has accused someone of a crime, it’s no surprise that he can’t say, “aw, ya got me,” and walk away from the accusation. Au contraire. DOJ will prosecute that person to the
On April 4, 2022, the Department of Justice’s Anti-Trust Division (the “Division”) provided some welcome guidance on its Leniency Program. The Division announced updates to its Leniency Policy and issued a revised set of nearly 50
I don’t like Steve Bannon. His political views are distasteful, to say the least. There have been credible allegations that he defrauded people. He was the architect of several awful Trump’s policy decisions like withdrawing from the
