Topic
Extortion
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Data Privacy + Cybersecurity Insider
Karakurt Extortion Group Auctions Data for Ransom
By Linn Foster Freedman, Kelly Sweeney
On June 2, 2022, CISA (the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency), the FBI, the Department of the Treasury and the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network issued a joint Cybersecurity Alert warning…
ImmigrationProf Blog
New NY Law: Protecting Undocumented Immigrants from Threats to Report Their Immigration Status
Today, New York Governor Kathy Hochul signed into law new legislation (S.343-A/A.3412-A) that classifies certain threats to report a person's immigration status as extortion or coercion. Prior to this new…
Sentencing Law and Policy
District Judge cites "severe remorse" among reasons to give Michael Avenatti (way-below-guideline) sentence of 30 months in federal prison
This NBC News piece reports that "Michael Avenatti, the brash attorney who had been a leading foe of then-President Donald Trump, was sentenced Thursday to 30 months in prison for…
Criminal
District Judge cites “severe remorse” among reasons to give Michael Avenatti (way-below-guideline) sentence of 30 months in federal prison
This NBC News piece reports that "Michael Avenatti, the brash attorney who had been a leading foe of then-President Donald Trump, was sentenced Thursday to 30 months in prison for…
Sentencing Law and Policy
You be the judge: what sentence for Michael Avenatti (and do the guidelines merit any respect)?
It has been a while since I have done a "you be the sentencing judge" post, but a high-profile fallen lawyer provides juicy grist for this mill. Specifically, as two…
FCPA Professor
Ransom Payments And Corrupt Intent
By Mike Koehler
Recently, the CEO of Colonial Pipeline Co. acknowledged that he authorized a $4.4 million ransom payment to the perpetrators of the recent cyberattack on the company’s distribution system. CEO Joseph…
Legal Profession Blog
Romantic Partners
A 25-month suspension has been imposed by the Colorado Presiding Disciplinary Judge based on a conditional admission of misconductIn June 2020, Noffsinger, who had worked as a prosecutor until 2016,…
DC Medical Malpractice & Patient Safety Blog
Government indicts malpractice lawyer for allegedly trying to extort millions from Baltimore hospital
A Maryland attorney has been indicted by the U.S. Department of Justice for an alleged scheme seeking a multi-million dollar payoff by the University of Maryland Medical System. Attorney Stephen…
FCPA Professor
Regarding Extortion …
By Mike Koehler
As highlighted in this prior post, the FCPA Blog recently posed the silly question “are agents ever ‘legal’ under the FCPA?” Now the FCPA Blog is asking why “nobody talks about…
Legal Profession Blog
In The Weeds
The Virginia State Bar Disciplinary Board accepted the license revocation of one of two attorneys who recently pleaded guilty to federal criminal charges.The Department of Justice Office of Public Affair…